Object name: Textile / Culture or time period: Parsi / Accession number: Acc.2963 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-12077, described as Sash; Pichhori -- sash; Parsi' priest's; white muslin with white shadow work embroidery on all 4 edges; small white tassels on each end; drawn thread and shadow work Paisley motifs embroidered in cream and white in each corner; L. 236 cm., W. 96 cm; cotton. Worn around the waist of the jama, tunic or robe, by Parsi priests as part of their ceremonial garb. This specimen belonged to the donor's husband, a priest in Udwada, Gujerat, Indian centre of the Zoroastrian religion.