MVC-0528 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Sari; turquoise blue raw silk with brown saw-tooth border and front panel of fine blue-green and brown stripes alternating with finely patterned brown and gold or turquoise and white stripes with supplemental weft patterning within stripes. Note; sari length 203 cm, plus 85 cm; connected by a red warp without weft where it would normally be cut (91 cm from end.)
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:
Silk and Weft [reassign]
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:
width 115.5 centimeters and length 576 centimeters