Wool, the field woven with 112 blocks of text, each with five repetitions of 'Kashi Vishva Nath Ganga' in devanagari script, the borders reiterating the same inscription
98½ x 45½in. (250.2 x 115.5cm.)

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The inscription is a reference to the Hindu deity Shiva. A finely woven example, it probably belonged to a rich Shaivite devotee, to be worn during ritual worship. There is a comparable early 19th century example with the same repetitive inscription in the National Museum, New Delhi (acc. no. 59.396). Another 19th century namaval shawl with a devanagari inscription is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), acc. no. 62.42.2.
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