Caftan

Museum number:
9-22515
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Accession number:
Acc.4416
Description:
blue caftan of woven fabric. blue ground with golden yellow embellishment. center back has a red blossom with a green stem. yellow/gold metallic thread used to finish across shoulders and neck.
Donor:
Elizabeth Rees and Estate of Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran
Culture or time period:
Iranian
Collector:
Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection date:
1924-1938
Materials:
Synthetic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caftans
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 108 centimeters and length 111 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Caftan, accession number 9-22515, described as blue caftan of woven fabric. blue ground with golden yellow embellishment. center back has a red blossom with a green stem. yellow/gold metallic thread used to finish across shoulders and neck.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Caftan, accession number 9-22515, described as blue caftan of woven fabric. blue ground with golden yellow embellishment. center back has a red blossom with a green stem. yellow/gold metallic thread used to finish across shoulders and neck.

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