Dress

Museum number:
9-12983
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Dress; child’s; probably a boy’s; multicolored embroidery and mirror work on a white cotton ground; long sleeves; gathered at waist; tie fastening; materials/techniques: cotton cloth; silk and cotton thread; mirrors; made by women.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Gujarat State, India
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 9-12983, described as Dress; child’s; probably a boy’s; multicolored embroidery and mirror work on a white cotton ground; long sleeves; gathered at waist; tie fastening; materials/techniques: cotton cloth; silk and cotton thread; mirrors; made by women.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 9-12983, described as Dress; child’s; probably a boy’s; multicolored embroidery and mirror work on a white cotton ground; long sleeves; gathered at waist; tie fastening; materials/techniques: cotton cloth; silk and cotton thread; mirrors; made by women.

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