kussaba, or square shawl, having a center of yellow wool woven with leafy sprays. The border, woven separately and added, is on a red ground covered with floral butha and fantastic leaf designs; there is a second narrower border and a final border of strips of fringed woolen

Shawl, 19th century

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Gift of Mrs. C. C. Boveyexpand_more  30.62.73

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Title
Shawl
Role
Artist
Accession Number
30.62.73
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kussaba, or square shawl, having a center of yellow wool woven with leafy sprays. The border, woven separately and added, is on a red ground covered with floral butha and fantastic leaf designs; there is a second narrower border and a final border of strips of fringed woolen