Coat

Museum number:
9-12056
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012056
Accession number:
Acc.2958
Description:
Coat: man's; white cotton, knee length, with long sleeves, high collar, concealed side pockets, front opening with 2 sets of ties; Length 94 cm, Width across shoulders 43 cm. An essential part of Parsi men's religious and ceremonial attire. Generally worn on top of white cotton trousers, with some form of approved ceremonial headgear.
Donor:
Mr. Noshir Erani
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coats (garments)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-12056, described as Coat: man's; white cotton, knee length, with long sleeves, high collar, concealed side pockets, front opening with 2 sets of ties; Length 94 cm, Width across shoulders 43 cm. An essential part of Parsi men's religious and ceremonial attire. Generally worn on top of white cotton trousers, with some form of approved ceremonial headgear.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-12056, described as Coat: man's; white cotton, knee length, with long sleeves, high collar, concealed side pockets, front opening with 2 sets of ties; Length 94 cm, Width across shoulders 43 cm. An essential part of Parsi men's religious and ceremonial attire. Generally worn on top of white cotton trousers, with some form of approved ceremonial headgear.

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