Calendar

Museum number:
9-11442
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011442
Alternate number:
SIT8-7 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
calendar, year 1969; depicts beautiful girl standing in wet, transparent 'sari', without 'choli' underneath; backdrop of clouds; 54 cm length; 35.5 cm width;
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Sitapur District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Sitapur distr.
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Cloth (cloth loops for hanging), Metal (metal band at top and bottom), and Paper (fiber product) (calendar printed on paper)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Calendars (documents)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used as calendar; has in Hindi: "Satgurdyal shyam narayan
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 35.5 centimeters and length 54 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calendar, accession number 9-11442, described as calendar, year 1969; depicts beautiful girl standing in wet, transparent 'sari', without 'choli' underneath; backdrop of clouds; 54 cm length; 35.5 cm width;

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