Sari

Museum number:
9-11203
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
276 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
sari; blue silk ground brocaded in floral motifs with gilt thread picked out in pink and brown; Length 540 cm., width 114 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Silk (silk, brass guilt, brocadiing)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saris (garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Worn wrapped around the waist and over one shoulder; this sari would be worn on special occasions
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 114 centimeters and length 540 centimeters
Loans:
S1971-1972 #113: City of Palo Alto (March 24, 1972–June 5, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-11203, described as sari; blue silk ground brocaded in floral motifs with gilt thread picked out in pink and brown; Length 540 cm., width 114 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-11203, described as sari; blue silk ground brocaded in floral motifs with gilt thread picked out in pink and brown; Length 540 cm., width 114 cm.

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