Woven textile fragment, 20th c.

Woven textile fragment, before 1933, I-Sardinia. CH-Basel, Museum of Cultures, MKBVI 11 418 (MS Inventory 39)

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Detail of woven textile fragment

Label for the woven textile fragment by the Museum der Kulturen Basel 

Woven textile fragment, before 1933, I-Sardinia. CH-Basel, Museum of Cultures, MKBVI 11 418 (MS Inventory 39).

Beige linen with interwoven sea silk, repeated pattern: peacocks, with a vase in between, 26 x 81 cm.

The object was bought in 1933 by the then Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum) Basel (today Museum der Kulturen) from the dealer Konietzko in Hamburg. It included a carder, spindle and yarn winder for the processing of sea silk, also from Sardinia.