Kerchief

Museum number:
9-12136
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
225 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2966
Description:
Kerchief; white muslin; initial "B" embroidered in red in one corner; 62 x 58 cm. Mathu bahnu (head covering). Formerly used to keep a woman's head covered at all times even at night and while bathing.
Donor:
Mrs. B. Dumasia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
Dec. 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Kerchief, accession number 9-12136, described as Kerchief; white muslin; initial "B" embroidered in red in one corner; 62 x 58 cm. Mathu bahnu (head covering). Formerly used to keep a woman's head covered at all times even at night and while bathing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kerchief, accession number 9-12136, described as Kerchief; white muslin; initial "B" embroidered in red in one corner; 62 x 58 cm. Mathu bahnu (head covering). Formerly used to keep a woman's head covered at all times even at night and while bathing.

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