Hood

Museum number:
9-11251
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
480 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Head cape; multicolored silk and cotton embroidery in geometric and floral motifs and mirror work on red cotton ground; red and yellow block-printed cotton lining; two twisted cotton thread ties (red); black and red cotton tassel on crown; Length 44 cm; width 46.5 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Sindh, Pakistan
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Sindh (now in Pakistan)
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn by children
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 46.5 centimeters and length 44 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hood, accession number 9-11251, described as Head cape; multicolored silk and cotton embroidery in geometric and floral motifs and mirror work on red cotton ground; red and yellow block-printed cotton lining; two twisted cotton thread ties (red); black and red cotton tassel on crown; Length 44 cm; width 46.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hood, accession number 9-11251, described as Head cape; multicolored silk and cotton embroidery in geometric and floral motifs and mirror work on red cotton ground; red and yellow block-printed cotton lining; two twisted cotton thread ties (red); black and red cotton tassel on crown; Length 44 cm; width 46.5 cm

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