Skirt

Museum number:
9-22513
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Accession number:
Acc.4416
Description:
short tutu like skirt with casing for drawstring closure. off-white cotton with black embroidered scallop and floral vine pattern along hem.
Donor:
Elizabeth Rees and Estate of Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran
Culture or time period:
Iranian
Collector:
Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection date:
1924-1938
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 306 centimeters and width 30 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Skirt, accession number 9-22513, described as short tutu like skirt with casing for drawstring closure. off-white cotton with black embroidered scallop and floral vine pattern along hem.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Skirt, accession number 9-22513, described as short tutu like skirt with casing for drawstring closure. off-white cotton with black embroidered scallop and floral vine pattern along hem.

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