Frontal headband; multicolored silk embroidery and mirror work on red silk ground, red cotton backing; single row of four mirrors, multicolored silk tassels on three sides; two red cotton ties; Length 66 cm, width 7 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Sindh, Pakistan
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Sindh (now Pakistan)
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (cloth) and Silk (thread)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Production date:
1969-1970
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Worn by brides with tassels hanging over the eyes.