Hair ribbon

Museum number:
9-11064
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
40 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Hair ribbon; cotton thread, glass and metal beads; 65 cm length
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur district
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
July 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hair ornaments
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Worn by women to decorate hair for weddings, festivals, etc.; braided into hair; made by members of low castes - often Muslims.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 65 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hair ribbon, accession number 9-11064, described as Hair ribbon; cotton thread, glass and metal beads; 65 cm lengthHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hair ribbon, accession number 9-11064, described as Hair ribbon; cotton thread, glass and metal beads; 65 cm length
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hair ribbon, accession number 9-11064, described as Hair ribbon; cotton thread, glass and metal beads; 65 cm length

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