Cloak

Museum number:
9-5155
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005155
Accession number:
Acc.1149 and Acc.1191
Description:
Toda man's cloak, hand-spun white cotton; double thickness; three trans-verse bands, diamond and zigzag embroidery.
Donor:
Harold Heath, Ida Shelley, and Murray Barnson Emeneau
Collection place:
Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, South India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Tamil Nadu (Madras), Niligiri Hills, Toda
Culture or time period:
Toda people
Collector:
Murray Barnson Emeneau
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cloaks
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1954 and 1956
Context of use:
Man's cloak. See article by Emeneau (Toda Garments and Embroidery) in accession envelope for detailed information.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cloak, accession number 9-5155, described as Toda man's cloak, hand-spun white cotton; double thickness; three trans-verse bands, diamond and zigzag embroidery.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cloak, accession number 9-5155, described as Toda man's cloak, hand-spun white cotton; double thickness; three trans-verse bands, diamond and zigzag embroidery.

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