Blouse

Museum number:
9-11127
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011127
Alternate number:
391 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
blouse, woman's; cotton cloth, embroidered, with mirrors, metal beads; 61 cm length; 81 cm width
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 Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn anytime by women of lower castes
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 81 centimeters and length 61 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-11127, described as blouse, woman's; cotton cloth, embroidered, with mirrors, metal beads; 61 cm length; 81 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-11127, described as blouse, woman's; cotton cloth, embroidered, with mirrors, metal beads; 61 cm length; 81 cm width

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