Stole

Museum number:
9-11189
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Alternate number:
284 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Stole; black silk brocaded in red and gold floral motifs; length 175 cm, width 57 cm. .
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Silk (silk, gilt thread, brocading)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stoles (outerwear)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Worn by women on special occasions. Made by men, mostly Muslims
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 57 centimeters and length 175 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stole, accession number 9-11189, described as Stole; black silk brocaded in red and gold floral motifs; length 175 cm, width 57 cm. .
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stole, accession number 9-11189, described as Stole; black silk brocaded in red and gold floral motifs; length 175 cm, width 57 cm. .

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