Jacket

Museum number:
9-12055
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2958
Description:
Jacket: man's; white cotton; waist length, long sleeves, pointed collar, front opening; 2 pockets; Length 58 cm, Width across shoulders 45 cm. Worn (formerly) around the house, over the sadra, religious undershirt, by Parsi men. Usually fastened with gold, porcelain or mother-of-pearl studs, detachable to permit easy laundering of the badyan.
Donor:
Mr. Noshir Erani
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jackets (short coats) and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-12055, described as Jacket: man's; white cotton; waist length, long sleeves, pointed collar, front opening; 2 pockets; Length 58 cm, Width across shoulders 45 cm. Worn (formerly) around the house, over the sadra, religious undershirt, by Parsi men. Usually fastened with gold, porcelain or mother-of-pearl studs, detachable to permit easy laundering of the badyan.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-12055, described as Jacket: man's; white cotton; waist length, long sleeves, pointed collar, front opening; 2 pockets; Length 58 cm, Width across shoulders 45 cm. Worn (formerly) around the house, over the sadra, religious undershirt, by Parsi men. Usually fastened with gold, porcelain or mother-of-pearl studs, detachable to permit easy laundering of the badyan.

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