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: E4115

: Eastern Art

: shawl

: Purple silk shawl with black fringe, yellow and green woven band at each end. Label reads: "Upper shawl worn by Parsee women at Yezd. This particular colour called 'Shadow of the Mountains' is reserved for the priests' wives. Bought at Yezd by E. G. Tanner."

: Yazd, Iran (Persia / Islamic Republic of Iran), South Central Asia, Asia

: 1891-1900

: Acquired, 1906