Shawl

NameShawl

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateFirst half, 20th century

Place madeDjerba, Medenine, Tunisia, Africa

Place madeIle de Jerba, Medenine, Tunisia, Africa

MediumCotton, metal

Dimensions56 11/16 × 140 9/16 in. (144 × 357 cm) (not including fringe)

Credit LineGift of William and Sondra Bechhoefer

Object numberA.2013.4.1

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionLarge, long, deep red cotton shawl with fine white plaid overall. The fringed end has an ~24" wide woven border with a warm brown ground and orange, light green, red, cream, purple and black, as well as light gold metallic thread geometric patterns and bands. The interior end of this border has an additional area of gold colored and metallic thread motifs which carry on an additional 7" into the red plaid area. Next to the fringe is a cream colored band, and the fringes are in cream, warm and dark browns. The other end carries the red ground through the ornamental weaving but for a narrow band at the end in cream and warm brown, which ends in a frayed fringe. This ~10" wide end is woven, but gives the impresson, on the back side, of being sewn on.