Mat

Museum number:
9-11285
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Alternate number:
71 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
mat; scraps of multi-coloured floral printed synthetic silk sewn together in a patchwork pattern and backed with patched scraps of printed cotton in various colours; Length 59 cm., Width 56 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur District
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
October 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Rayon
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
for sitting on while eating; placed on the floor in the eating area. made by men, women.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 59 centimeters and width 56 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 9-11285, described as mat; scraps of multi-coloured floral printed synthetic silk sewn together in a patchwork pattern and backed with patched scraps of printed cotton in various colours; Length 59 cm., Width 56 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 9-11285, described as mat; scraps of multi-coloured floral printed synthetic silk sewn together in a patchwork pattern and backed with patched scraps of printed cotton in various colours; Length 59 cm., Width 56 cm.

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