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Start Over Collector Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia Accession number Acc.2953
Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 9-12042, described as Religious undershirt; woman’s; white; sleeveless with thing shoulder straps; upper part of dotted Swiss cotton, lower of net with broad band of lace around bottom; worn by all Parsis, traditionally, after the initiation as a symbol of Zoroastrianism. This specimen is an example of the sadra conforming to prevalent fashion; it lacks the most important requirement, a small pocket at the neckline, and met with great disapproval from the donor’s mother in the 1920s.
Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 9-12041, described as Religious undershirt; woman’s; white; sleeveless with thin shoulder straps; upper part of dotted Swiss cotton, lower of net with broad lace trim around bottom; worn by all Parsis after their initiation as a symbol of Zoroastrianism. This specimen is an example of the sadra conforming to prevalent fashions.
Hearst Museum object titled Tank top, accession number 9-12040, described as religious undershirt; woman’s; sleeveless; white eyelet cotton, probably Swiss

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