Blouse

Museum number:
9-17551
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4176
Description:
Blouse; mirror fragments and varicolored cotton embroidery on indigo-dyed handspun plainweave (front) with two circles to fit over breasts; dark red handspun plainweave on sleeves; sides trimmed with red, yellow and blue green silk cloth with weft brocade; white cuff edge to cuff edge. CHECK
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Kutch, Gujarat State, India
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 1986
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-17551, described as Blouse; mirror fragments and varicolored cotton embroidery on indigo-dyed handspun plainweave (front) with two circles to fit over breasts; dark red handspun plainweave on sleeves; sides trimmed with red, yellow and blue green silk cloth with weft brocade; white cuff edge to cuff edge. CHECK
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 9-17551, described as Blouse; mirror fragments and varicolored cotton embroidery on indigo-dyed handspun plainweave (front) with two circles to fit over breasts; dark red handspun plainweave on sleeves; sides trimmed with red, yellow and blue green silk cloth with weft brocade; white cuff edge to cuff edge. CHECK

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