Skirt

Museum number:
9-15667
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015667
Alternate number:
883 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.09
Description:
Skirt, "ghagra". Silk. Satin, embroidered. Yellow ground, red, green, white and blue designs, red waistband. Floral, elephant, bird motives. 33 inches long.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Katherine Hooker
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
INDIA
Materials:
Satin and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 38 inches and width 34 inches
Loans:
S1985-1986 #8: Oakland Museum of California (September 16, 1985–April 16, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Skirt, accession number 9-15667, described as Skirt, "ghagra". Silk. Satin, embroidered. Yellow ground, red, green, white and blue designs, red waistband. Floral, elephant, bird motives. 33 inches long.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Skirt, accession number 9-15667, described as Skirt, "ghagra". Silk. Satin, embroidered. Yellow ground, red, green, white and blue designs, red waistband. Floral, elephant, bird motives. 33 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-15667, described as Skirt, "ghagra". Silk. Satin, embroidered. Yellow ground, red, green, white and blue designs, red waistband. Floral, elephant, bird motives. 33 inches long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-15667, described as Skirt, "ghagra". Silk. Satin, embroidered. Yellow ground, red, green, white and blue designs, red waistband. Floral, elephant, bird motives. 33 inches long.

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