Shawl

Dublin Core

Title

Shawl

Subject

Personal Artifacts: Outerwear

Description

Manufactured woven wool shawl with fringe. Shawl is dark pink/maroon with a bold black zigzag stitch on the border. Woven pattern consists of squares and raised borders with black centers. Shawl ties closed with a pair of pink and black twisted cords, one on each side of center. The right string is nearly complete and has a tassel with a cap with the same black zigzag pattern as shawl border. One cord is fragmented and missing tassel. Several large holes in back of shawl.

Source

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge

Date

ca. 1865

Rights

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, FWS

Format

Dimensions:
H: 4.5 cm, W: 135 cm, L: 67 cm
Material:
Wool

Identifier

DESO 2481_2

Coverage

Excavated from the Steamboat Bertrand cargo

Files

Shawl

Citation

“Shawl,” The Steamboat Bertrand Collection: Select Artifacts, accessed April 26, 2024, https://thebertrand.omeka.net/items/show/34.