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1966.9.14

Girl's woven cloth, probably used as a sash or belt.

1966.9.14

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Collection type
Object
Description
Girl's woven cloth, probably used as a sash or belt.
Long description
Girl's woven cloth, probably used as a sash or belt. It is roughly a square of thick woven cotton material in dark green, light green, red, yellow, blue and white cotton, with some red wool in the weft. The central area has a loose and uneven checked pattern formed by interwoven and floating warp and weft threads. The weft ends form a very short fringe at each end.
Person
Field collector Alfred Watson Hands
PRM source Margaret Stuart Grace McLeod
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1887
Date collected
1887
Acquisition information
Donated: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Process Woven, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal
Dimensions
Length x Width 771 x 782 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.9.14
Research and responses

Margaret S. McLeod's name is definitely spelt without the 'a' according to both OLIS and the British Library [AP 07/02/2007]

Search terms: Clothing Textile, Shawl, Sash Belt, Belt