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Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-12966, described as Sari; silk; gauze weave; bright yellow
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21667, described as Sari; main body is kumquat colored, divided by fine red and gold lines into 3" square boxes with gold flowers in every other diagonal corner lower border is gold elephants and flowers on red; front panel is metallic gold with bands of gold flowers or gold elephants on red; edge is knotted macramé.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21494, described as Sari; plain weave, double warps, single wefts; blue-red background with tiny yellow and light orange checks with scattered 2 faced discontinuous supplement weft motifs in white; selvage border stripes (from outside in) in dark red, bordered by alatenating narrow gold-red stripes, white red, narrow gold, pale yellow and blue stipes. 6.5 cm wide blue-green weft stripe at one end with solitary gold stripe bordered by tiny supplemental warp geometric motifs, white on one side, black on the other side. Two weft-faced light yellow stripes with tiny green checks, two narrow yellow-green check stripes with white motifs in between at other end; 1.5cm area of unwoven warp followed by woven section at both wrapdown
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-15729, described as Sari. Cotton ("khadr" cloth), silk. Plain weave, embroidered. Red ground, cream, orange and green designs. "tree" motives. 2⅔ yards by 3½ yards.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21666, described as Sari; magenta silk sari with gold borders and front panel of gold with flowers in red, yellow and purple, plus green leaves around a central solid gold rectangular area; main area is magenta with small gold flowers.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-11179, described as Sari; pale pink silk brocaded in darker pink and gold stylized floral and geometric motifs; Length approximately 552 cm; Width 117.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-15682, described as Gold ground with gold, brown, blue and green floral motifs; lining has grey ground with varicolored geometric motifs.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-15692, described as Sari. Silk. Gauze weave, embroidered. Black, varicolored decoration. Floral motives. Very fragile and worn. 43½ inches by 6 yards.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-14859, described as Sari; greenish gold silk with red border and pallav (part that goes over the shoulder) brocaded in gilt, purple, and green paisley and floral motifs. Length: 540cm, Width: 114cm. Context: Worn wrapped around the waist and over one shoulder; this one would be for special occasions. Made by men, mostly Muslims. Brocaded saris like this one are known as Benarsi (i.e. "on the loom") embroidered.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-15751, described as Length for Indian Sari. Cotton. String, plain weave, tie-dye and resist printing. Multicolor, kelly green. Indian sari still sied and couled for final dying in Kelly Green. 69 inches undone so the final multicolor, bias, plaid can be seen on sheer cotton. 78 inches long, including 9 inch diameter coil.

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