Turban

Museum number:
9-11187
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Alternate number:
473 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Turban cloth; multicoloured brocaded stripes on a red cotton ground; Length approximately 520 cm Width 33 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan att.
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (cotton, brocaded in silk)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Turbans
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Possibly for special occasions.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 33 centimeters and length 520 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Turban, accession number 9-11187, described as Turban cloth; multicoloured brocaded stripes on a red cotton ground; Length approximately 520 cm Width 33 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Turban, accession number 9-11187, described as Turban cloth; multicoloured brocaded stripes on a red cotton ground; Length approximately 520 cm Width 33 cm.

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