Shirt

Museum number:
9-12031
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2951
Description:
Religious undershirt; man’s; white muslin; worn as a required symbol of Zoroastrianism by all Parsis after the initiation ceremony
Donor:
Mrs. T. K. Contractor and Mr. T. K. Contractor
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Undershirts
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 9-12031, described as Religious undershirt; man’s; white muslin; worn as a required symbol of Zoroastrianism by all Parsis after the initiation ceremony
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 9-12031, described as Religious undershirt; man’s; white muslin; worn as a required symbol of Zoroastrianism by all Parsis after the initiation ceremony

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