DepartmentTextiles-Africa
Wedding Shawl
NameWedding Shawl
CultureBerber
Dateca. 1935
Place madeSoutheast Tunisia, Tunisia, Northern Africa, Africa
MediumWool
DimensionsOverall: 107 1/16 x 42 1/8 in. (272 x 107 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.2010.9.1
DescriptionLarge black wool shawl with groups of tie-dyed red "circles" creating triangles at the center sides, lines along the ends, a central cross and groups of three circles about 1/3 of the way from each end. The edges are bound with a woven wool cord of red, gold and green, and the short sides are thickly fringed with short tufts of black with red, orange, yellow, green and purple threads.
20th century
1900-1950
19th century
Artist not recorded
19th century
