Stole

Museum number:
9-11209
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Alternate number:
286 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Stole; purple shot silk ground brocaded in gilt floral and paisley motifs; length 73 cm, width 54 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:
Brass (alloy) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stoles (outerwear)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Evening wear on special occasions; warp and weft shot with red and blue "dhup-chain" - sunlight and shade
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 54 centimeters and length 73 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stole, accession number 9-11209, described as Stole; purple shot silk ground brocaded in gilt floral and paisley motifs; length 73 cm, width 54 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stole, accession number 9-11209, described as Stole; purple shot silk ground brocaded in gilt floral and paisley motifs; length 73 cm, width 54 cm.

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