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Shawl

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Date
prior to 1979
Material
hair, sheep; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.3039
Description
Blue wool shawl with long fringe (35.0 cm long) on all edges. Bottom edge decorated with machine embroidered stylized white birds and geometric shapes in red, beige, white and blue. Label in one corner “INDIAN SHAWL ASHLAND, MONTANA.”
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Title
Shawl
Date
prior to 1979
Material
hair, sheep; fibre
Dimensions
152.0 x 165.0 cm
Description
Blue wool shawl with long fringe (35.0 cm long) on all edges. Bottom edge decorated with machine embroidered stylized white birds and geometric shapes in red, beige, white and blue. Label in one corner “INDIAN SHAWL ASHLAND, MONTANA.”
Subject
Indigenous
dancing
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.3039
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