Head cover

Museum number:
9-16526
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090016526
Accession number:
Acc.3604
Description:
Purdah outfit, floor length black garment with waist-length front panel; material gather below top-stitched headpiece with triangular crown-like points; embroidered eye-piece. Cotton. India. Length 160 cm.
Donor:
Hans Jenny and Mrs. Jean Jenny
Collection place:
India
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headcloths (headgear)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
January 29, 1981
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Head cover, accession number 9-16526, described as Purdah outfit, floor length black garment with waist-length front panel; material gather below top-stitched headpiece with triangular crown-like points; embroidered eye-piece. Cotton. India. Length 160 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head cover, accession number 9-16526, described as Purdah outfit, floor length black garment with waist-length front panel; material gather below top-stitched headpiece with triangular crown-like points; embroidered eye-piece. Cotton. India. Length 160 cm.

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