Headband

Museum number:
9-11274
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
486a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Frontal headband; mirror work and embroidery in silk and cotton thread; three rows of thirteen mirrors outlined in red against a blue cotton ground, with various other colors as fill-inax and outline; beaded and tasselled fringe to hang over eyes; one tie missing; worn by brides. Length 45 cm, width 9 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Gujarat State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Gujerat
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (cloth and thread) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Worn by brides
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters and length 45 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-11274, described as Frontal headband; mirror work and embroidery in silk and cotton thread; three rows of thirteen mirrors outlined in red against a blue cotton ground, with various other colors as fill-inax and outline; beaded and tasselled fringe to hang over eyes; one tie missing; worn by brides. Length 45 cm, width 9 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-11274, described as Frontal headband; mirror work and embroidery in silk and cotton thread; three rows of thirteen mirrors outlined in red against a blue cotton ground, with various other colors as fill-inax and outline; beaded and tasselled fringe to hang over eyes; one tie missing; worn by brides. Length 45 cm, width 9 cm

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