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This finely woven shawl is a jamawar, a long shawl woven as a single piece. Created from high-quality cashmere, the long process required to create the borders and center as one would have added to the expense of an already high-end object.
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Title: Shawl
Date: third quarter 19th century
Culture: Indian
Medium: wool, silk
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the Pierrepont Family, 1941
Object Number: 2009.300.2338
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