Object class: Main garments / Collection place: South Asia / Donor: Shireenbai Kapadia - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-12074, described as Coat; Dagli (Gujerati)--long coat; Parsi man's; white cotton; front opening; closes with 5 sets of ties; pocket set into right side of seam; sleeves (120 cm. long) are to be worn pushed up above wrist to produce tight gathers; L. 109 cm., W., 54 cm. Made by tailors. Formerly worn by Parsi men for daily wear. The style and cut derives from Moghul precedents and are not longer current, except perhaps for very old men.

Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-12075, described as Coat; Daglo (Gujerati)--man's coat; Parsi man's; white cotton; long sleeves, front opening, closed with detachable buttons (missing); collar; pockets set into side seams; L. 103 cm., W. 51 cm. Made by tailors. Worn by Parsi men as daily garb, usually with white trousers. The daglo is no longer as popular as in former times and would be worn today by either old or old fashioned men. The detachable buttons permit easy laundering and are generally of gold or mother of pearl.

Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-12080, described as Sari; Lahi (Gujerati) - sari; Parsi; Handwoven; Chinese silk gauze tie-dyed in curvilinear floral pattern; body of sari has pattern pink and white on black ground, borders are white on red; border of black Chinese gauze silk embroidered in cream-colored silk attached to lower edge and on approximately 3 yards of the upper edge; length 520 cm., width 114 cm. Made by Chinese and Indian artisans. Imported silk,indigenous dyes and techniques. Traditionally worn by Parsi widows and therefore considered highly inauspicious as a garment for single or married women. The colors, while there may be variation of the shade, are usually black and red and pink. The attachment of a superimposed border is optional. Although the silk is Chinese, these lahi saris (tie-dyed) were made in Gujerate for Parsi clients. This specimen belonged to the donor's grandmother, Mrs. Piroja Gimi.

Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-12073, described as Sari; Parsi; silk, rayon, cotton; floral motifs in white silk embroidered on black Chinese silk ground with woven pattern of dots; machine woven border 5 cm. wide in white silk floral motifs on black cotton ground attached to parts of sari which show in wear; L. 584 cm., W. 120 cm. Made by Chinese artisans, exported to India from China. Worn in the Style of Gujerat by Parsi women. This figured silk is known as ojharyu. Border was probably attached fairly recently and is probably not Chinese. Black and white are considered quite auspicious, not funereal, by Parsis.

Hearst Museum object titled Tunic, accession number 9-12076, described as Tunic; Jama -- robe or tunic; Parsi's priest's; white muslin; cotton; full length, long sleeves; full gathered skirt; front opening closes with four sets of ties; L. 134 cm., W. 46 cm. Made by tailors. Worn by Parsi priests as part of their ceremonial garb, usually over white cotton trousers. This jama (word has Persian/Moghul origins) belonged to the donor's husband, a priest in Udwada, centre of the Parsi religion in India.