Casket veil

Name/Title

Casket veil

Entry/Object ID

91.5.3

Description

A pall (also called a casket net or casket veil) is a cloth that covers a casket/coffin at funerals. This early 20th-century version is made of off-white lace.

Acquisition

Accession

1991.5

Source or Donor

Wilma Martin

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Funerary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects