MVC-0521 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Sari; handwoven; plain weave; pale yellow fabric with white embroidery (and drawnwork within some leaf shapes); 40 cm embroidered band at one end; 3 cm wide embroidered flower and vine band extends 1/2 length of sari
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 550 centimeters and width 112.5 centimeters