Dress

Museum number:
9-11226
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
386 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
shirt; man's, with long sleeves; blue cotton drill, silver braid and red bias trim; painted in floral designs orange, white and yellow; Length 75 cm. Add: front opening with tie closures.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
February 1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Pigment
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn by men of the Banjara tribe, probably for dancing because of the decoration.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 75 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 9-11226, described as shirt; man's, with long sleeves; blue cotton drill, silver braid and red bias trim; painted in floral designs orange, white and yellow; Length 75 cm. Add: front opening with tie closures.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 9-11226, described as shirt; man's, with long sleeves; blue cotton drill, silver braid and red bias trim; painted in floral designs orange, white and yellow; Length 75 cm. Add: front opening with tie closures.

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