Bag

Museum number:
9-11253
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011253
Alternate number:
481 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Bag; drawstring pouch tapering towards the top; multicolored silk embroidery and mirror work on red silk ground, yellow cotton lining; purple and white striped cotton edging; beaded silk and cotton thread tassel trim, some missing; beaded and tasselled twisted blue cotton drawstring; Length 26 cm; Maximum width 15.5 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
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
for carrying pipes
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 15.5 centimeters and length 26 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-11253, described as Bag; drawstring pouch tapering towards the top; multicolored silk embroidery and mirror work on red silk ground, yellow cotton lining; purple and white striped cotton edging; beaded silk and cotton thread tassel trim, some missing; beaded and tasselled twisted blue cotton drawstring; Length 26 cm; Maximum width 15.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-11253, described as Bag; drawstring pouch tapering towards the top; multicolored silk embroidery and mirror work on red silk ground, yellow cotton lining; purple and white striped cotton edging; beaded silk and cotton thread tassel trim, some missing; beaded and tasselled twisted blue cotton drawstring; Length 26 cm; Maximum width 15.5 cm

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