MVC-0537 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Fabric panel; block printed; red-brown ground with printed designs in dark blue-purple and white; Indian diety (male with 4 arms) riding garlanded bull; surrounded by figures of women w/ pots on their heads; fish, man riding a chicken, man riding a horse, elephant man, man stiing on a throne, man carrying a child, snakes, deer, flowers, and plants .
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Panels (costume components)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 146.5 centimeters and length 230 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: urine stains (HELD IN BOX FOR CONSERVATION)