Blouse

Museum number:
9-11266
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011266
Alternate number:
85 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
blouse, woman’s; cotton cloth, embroidered; 42 cm length; 39 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Bihar, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Bihar
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
December 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn anytime by women of the kurmee (fieldworker’s) caste. Made by women
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 42 centimeters and width 39 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-11266, described as blouse, woman’s; cotton cloth, embroidered; 42 cm length; 39 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-11266, described as blouse, woman’s; cotton cloth, embroidered; 42 cm length; 39 cm width

Tools