Veil

Museum number:
9-15734
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015734
Alternate number:
1775 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Head veil, "chaddar"? Cotton, silk. Plain weave, embroidered. Red ground, cream, yellow and green designs. Floral, geometric motives. 2 yards, 26 inches by 49 inches.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
INDIA: Punjab
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Veils (headcloths)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 49 inches and length 98 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Veil, accession number 9-15734, described as Head veil, "chaddar"? Cotton, silk. Plain weave, embroidered. Red ground, cream, yellow and green designs. Floral, geometric motives. 2 yards, 26 inches by 49 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Veil, accession number 9-15734, described as Head veil, "chaddar"? Cotton, silk. Plain weave, embroidered. Red ground, cream, yellow and green designs. Floral, geometric motives. 2 yards, 26 inches by 49 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Veil, accession number 9-15734, described as Head veil, "chaddar"? Cotton, silk. Plain weave, embroidered. Red ground, cream, yellow and green designs. Floral, geometric motives. 2 yards, 26 inches by 49 inches.

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