Sari; pale pink silk brocaded in darker pink and gold stylized floral and geometric motifs; Length approximately 552 cm; Width 117.5 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Silk (silk, brass gilt thread, brocaded)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saris (garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Worn wrapped around the waist and over the shoulder; the shoulder ; this piece would be worn on special occasions. A brocaded satin weave of this type is known as kinkhab, kincob (or various other spellings), meaning, the collector suggests, gold dream. MAde by me, mostly Muslim.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 552 centimeters and width 117.5 centimeters