Wall hanging

Museum number:
9-11213
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
59 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Wall hanging; cotton; block printed in dark red and black on white ground; shows Durga (Mother Goddess) worship; length 362 cm, width 158 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Ahmedabad, Gujarat State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Gujerat, Ahmedabad
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
September 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (block printing)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Wall hangings
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Traditionally used as temple hangings. Show Durga puja (worship) and would be used in same context. Made by men and women of the bnagri caste.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 362 centimeters and width 158 centimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #12: University of California, Davis/Pat Charley (November 16, 1981–December 1, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wall hanging, accession number 9-11213, described as Wall hanging; cotton; block printed in dark red and black on white ground; shows Durga (Mother Goddess) worship; length 362 cm, width 158 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wall hanging, accession number 9-11213, described as Wall hanging; cotton; block printed in dark red and black on white ground; shows Durga (Mother Goddess) worship; length 362 cm, width 158 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wall hanging, accession number 9-11213, described as Wall hanging; cotton; block printed in dark red and black on white ground; shows Durga (Mother Goddess) worship; length 362 cm, width 158 cm.

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