Shirt

Museum number:
5-14583
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014583
Accession number:
Acc.4023
Description:
Dress or robe, "kanzu ya darazi." White cotton, long sleeved with gold stitched collar and cuffs. Length 1.44 meters, width 57 centimeters, one sleeve length 62 centimeters. Made by Swahili tailors and worn by Swahili men when not doing manual labor. It is a symbol of male purity and is the same style worn in Oman. Cost USD $17.85 [at collection date 1984].
Donor:
Linda Donley and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Lamu; Wasiyu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shirts (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 5-14583, described as Dress or robe, "kanzu ya darazi." White cotton, long sleeved with gold stitched collar and cuffs. Length 1.44 meters, width 57 centimeters, one sleeve length 62 centimeters. Made by Swahili tailors and worn by Swahili men when not doing manual labor. It is a symbol of male purity and is the same style worn in Oman. Cost USD $17.85 [at collection date 1984].
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 5-14583, described as Dress or robe, "kanzu ya darazi." White cotton, long sleeved with gold stitched collar and cuffs. Length 1.44 meters, width 57 centimeters, one sleeve length 62 centimeters. Made by Swahili tailors and worn by Swahili men when not doing manual labor. It is a symbol of male purity and is the same style worn in Oman. Cost USD $17.85 [at collection date 1984].

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