Bag; multi-coloured birds and flowers embroidered on a white drill ground; cloth handles; white cotton lining; pleated green cotton trim on three sides; length 46 cm, width 40 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Gujarat State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Gujerat
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Purses (drawstringed accessories)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Everyday use as an all purpose tote-bag. Inscription in Gujerati reads “Namaste,” a common Indian greeting.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 46 centimeters and width 40 centimeters
Loans:
S1979-1980 #30: University of California Library (December 11, 1979–January 3, 1980) and S1979-1980 #35: University of California, Santa Cruz (January 4, 1980–March 3, 1980)