Socks

Museum number:
9-10934
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090010934
Alternate number:
21 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Socks of heavy wool, white with multicolored diamond motif design, 48 cm length; 10 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Himachal Pradesh, India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collection date:
July 1969
Materials:
Wool (textile) (some died, knitted)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Worn daily by me; for cold weather. Made by Tibetan women refugees.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 10 centimeters and length 48 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Socks, accession number 9-10934, described as Socks of heavy wool, white with multicolored diamond motif design, 48 cm length; 10 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Socks, accession number 9-10934, described as Socks of heavy wool, white with multicolored diamond motif design, 48 cm length; 10 cm width

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