Skirt

Museum number:
9-11228
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
383 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
skirt; yellow satin brocade with bands of red satin blue taffeta and black cotton around the hem; gold coloured braid and tinsel trim; gathered onto a blue satin band with a drawstring closure; Lemgth 94 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
February 1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Satin, and Synthetic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (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 by women for special occasions; this specimen in the style of Udaipur. While the skirt is made by local tailors (darzis), women sew on the fancy trim at home.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 94 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-11228, described as skirt; yellow satin brocade with bands of red satin blue taffeta and black cotton around the hem; gold coloured braid and tinsel trim; gathered onto a blue satin band with a drawstring closure; Lemgth 94 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-11228, described as skirt; yellow satin brocade with bands of red satin blue taffeta and black cotton around the hem; gold coloured braid and tinsel trim; gathered onto a blue satin band with a drawstring closure; Lemgth 94 cm.

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