Sari; textile

Museum number:
9-21499
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Alternate number:
MVC-0446 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Sari; Red orange with narrow selvages and broad blue green border at one end; selvadge are blue green with whire and yellow supplementary warp patterning of floral like circular motifs and chevrons; blue green weft forms small repeated geometric patterns in interlocking tapestry; discontinuous weft along edge of red body; broad pattern area at one end includes narrow supplementary weft stripes in white and yello, and 3 weft ikat stripes of multicolored floral motifs as well as narrow weft ikat stripes of multicolored spots and/or grey green spots, and narrow off white weft stripes; at sides of floral ikat (on back of cloth to narrow and correct registration of motifs); opposing end of cloth has narrow stripe of red weft; selvedge to selvedge with three narrow white weft stripes; warp ends cut at both sides. L= ? x W=114
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1960s
Materials:
Silk and Weft [reassign]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saris (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman's garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 114 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sari; textile, accession number 9-21499, described as Sari; Red orange with narrow selvages and broad blue green border at one end; selvadge are blue green with whire and yellow supplementary warp patterning of floral like circular motifs and chevrons; blue green weft forms small repeated geometric patterns in interlocking tapestry; discontinuous weft along edge of red body; broad pattern area at one end includes narrow supplementary weft stripes in white and yello, and 3 weft ikat stripes of multicolored floral motifs as well as narrow weft ikat stripes of multicolored spots and/or grey green spots, and narrow off white weft stripes; at sides of floral ikat (on back of cloth to narrow and correct registration of motifs); opposing end of cloth has narrow stripe of red weft; selvedge to selvedge with three narrow white weft stripes; warp ends cut at both sides. L= ? x W=114

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