Vest

Museum number:
9-11100
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011100
Alternate number:
268 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
vest, woman's; cotton cloth, "silver" thread; 51 cm length; 27 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur district
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
November 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn everyday by women, esp. of agricultural castes; worn over the Rajasthan blouse, 'kanchli'. made by tailor caste - darzi.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 27 centimeters and length 51 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Vest, accession number 9-11100, described as vest, woman's; cotton cloth, "silver" thread; 51 cm length; 27 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vest, accession number 9-11100, described as vest, woman's; cotton cloth, "silver" thread; 51 cm length; 27 cm width

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