Shawl- noun
a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn,especially by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders,in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection againstchill or dampness.
The shawl by Ozick
“She looked into Magda’s face through a gap in the shawl: a squirrel in a nest, safe, no one could reach her inside the little house of the shawl’s windings”.
object of as an important object, both physically and symbolically