Turban

Museum number:
9-11296
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
33b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
turban for special occasions; multicolored cotton cloth, imitation gold cloth; 62 cm width (included tail); 13 cm height
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur District
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
July 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Turbans
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn by men as turban on special occasions - e.g., feasts, etc. made by members of clothprinters caste - chimpa
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 13 centimeters and width 62 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Turban, accession number 9-11296, described as turban for special occasions; multicolored cotton cloth, imitation gold cloth; 62 cm width (included tail); 13 cm height
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Turban, accession number 9-11296, described as turban for special occasions; multicolored cotton cloth, imitation gold cloth; 62 cm width (included tail); 13 cm height

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