Shirt

Museum number:
9-12036
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012036
Accession number:
Acc.2952
Description:
Religious undershirt; man’s; white muslin with cap sleeves; broken glass button at neck; embroidered in white cotton, chain stitch, around neck, sleeves and hem; length 90 cm, width 117 cm. Native name and meaning: Sadra, religious shirt. Worn by all Parsis, traditionally, after the initiation ceremony as a symbol of Zoroastrianism. Worn at all times. This specimen is from the early twentieth century or before, conforming to the traditional standards for sadras.
Donor:
Mrs. Mani Hakim
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Undershirts
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 9-12036, described as Religious undershirt; man’s; white muslin with cap sleeves; broken glass button at neck; embroidered in white cotton, chain stitch, around neck, sleeves and hem; length 90 cm, width 117 cm. Native name and meaning: Sadra, religious shirt. Worn by all Parsis, traditionally, after the initiation ceremony as a symbol of Zoroastrianism. Worn at all times. This specimen is from the early twentieth century or before, conforming to the traditional standards for sadras.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 9-12036, described as Religious undershirt; man’s; white muslin with cap sleeves; broken glass button at neck; embroidered in white cotton, chain stitch, around neck, sleeves and hem; length 90 cm, width 117 cm. Native name and meaning: Sadra, religious shirt. Worn by all Parsis, traditionally, after the initiation ceremony as a symbol of Zoroastrianism. Worn at all times. This specimen is from the early twentieth century or before, conforming to the traditional standards for sadras.

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