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Man's shawl (dupatta)
Indian
17th century
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Tussah silk plain-weave, silk and gilt discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
59.5 x 313.5 cm (23 7/16 x 123 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number30.757
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionMan's cream-colored cotton shawl (pale brown warp; cream weft) with design of deep border across each end with six stylized tree-of-life motifs woven with gold-wrapped thread (gilded silver wound on yellow silk); narrow border on all sides with design of stylized floral motifs in green, pink, yellow and blue silk and gold-wrapped thread.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, December 4, 1930