Blouse

Museum number:
9-12989
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
A child's blouse of pink silk gauze with a drawstring neck; made by women at home or by tailors. Native name and meaning: "jhablu" (child's blouse). Either plain or very elaborate, this style was worn by Parsi children of both sexes until aged about 8-10 years. Length 52 cm, 59 cm wide at the shoulders.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-12989, described as A child's blouse of pink silk gauze with a drawstring neck; made by women at home or by tailors. Native name and meaning: "jhablu" (child's blouse). Either plain or very elaborate, this style was worn by Parsi children of both sexes until aged about 8-10 years. Length 52 cm, 59 cm wide at the shoulders.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-12989, described as A child's blouse of pink silk gauze with a drawstring neck; made by women at home or by tailors. Native name and meaning: "jhablu" (child's blouse). Either plain or very elaborate, this style was worn by Parsi children of both sexes until aged about 8-10 years. Length 52 cm, 59 cm wide at the shoulders.

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