decoration for woman’s hair; red cotton thread, imitation gold and silver; 67 cm. Length
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (red cotton threadsm, bunched into three main strands; decorated with imitation gold and silver thread; braided and tasseled at bottom)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hair ornaments
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used anytime by women for braiding into the hair, as with a hair ribbon. Made by men and women, often Muslims.