MVC-0433 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Sari; plain weave; cobalt blue background; 7.5cm wide gold and red supplemental warp patterned selvages with elephants in center of 2 rows of floral motifs; suppplemental warp and red patterns gold on one side and dark red-purple on other side; areas of unknown warp near cut ends; 5 metallic and red weft stripes at 1 cut end. L=438cm x W=121.5cm
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Gold (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman's clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 121.5 centimeters and length 438 centimeters