MVC-0431 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Sari: Two faced patterning; bright yellow-green cloth with 5 gold metallic warp end band stripes alternating plain gold weft-faced stripes, and with supplemental weft of gold and narrow green supplemental weft in a floral design; supplemental warp gold and red silk side stripes; narrow floral border on bottom; supplemental warp gold floral pattern stripe with dark red centers along both selvages; discontinuous supplemental weft of god diamonds with red or green centers throughout and concentrated into 5 diagonal bands near end border. L=486cm x W=117.5cm.
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), Gold (metal), Silk, and Synthetic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saris (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman's clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 117.5 centimeters and length 486 centimeters