Head cover

Museum number:
9-4841
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090004841
Alternate number:
136 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Yellow satin; scattered embroidered figures, chain stitch; mirrors in central section; deep wine-colored border.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Gujerat or Sind attr.
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headcloths (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Provenience fide N. Hirschman, 1973. Exhibited: "Artisans of India," 1973. Native name: odhni
Loans:
S1965-1966 #74: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (March 21, 1966–June 16, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Head cover, accession number 9-4841, described as Yellow satin; scattered embroidered figures, chain stitch; mirrors in central section; deep wine-colored border.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head cover, accession number 9-4841, described as Yellow satin; scattered embroidered figures, chain stitch; mirrors in central section; deep wine-colored border.

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