Textile

Museum number:
9-12077
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012077
Alternate number:
158 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2963
Description:
Sash; Pichhori -- sash; Parsi' priest's; white muslin with white shadow work embroidery on all 4 edges; small white tassels on each end; drawn thread and shadow work Paisley motifs embroidered in cream and white in each corner; L. 236 cm., W. 96 cm; cotton. Worn around the waist of the jama, tunic or robe, by Parsi priests as part of their ceremonial garb. This specimen belonged to the donor's husband, a priest in Udwada, Gujerat, Indian centre of the Zoroastrian religion.
Donor:
Shireenbai Kapadia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
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 Textile, accession number 9-12077, described as Sash; Pichhori -- sash; Parsi' priest's; white muslin with white shadow work embroidery on all 4 edges; small white tassels on each end; drawn thread and shadow work Paisley motifs embroidered in cream and white in each corner; L. 236 cm., W. 96 cm; cotton. Worn around the waist of the jama, tunic or robe, by Parsi priests as part of their ceremonial garb. This specimen belonged to the donor's husband, a priest in Udwada, Gujerat, Indian centre of the Zoroastrian religion.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-12077, described as Sash; Pichhori -- sash; Parsi' priest's; white muslin with white shadow work embroidery on all 4 edges; small white tassels on each end; drawn thread and shadow work Paisley motifs embroidered in cream and white in each corner; L. 236 cm., W. 96 cm; cotton. Worn around the waist of the jama, tunic or robe, by Parsi priests as part of their ceremonial garb. This specimen belonged to the donor's husband, a priest in Udwada, Gujerat, Indian centre of the Zoroastrian religion.

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