Coat; white cotton; long sleeves, knee length, pockets in side seems, fastened with two sets of ties in front; length 107 cm, width across shoulder seams 55 cm. Native name and meaning: Dagli, coat (Gujerati). Worn by Parsi men for ceremonial occasions -- weddings, initiations, funerals -- although in the past it may have been worn more frequently as daily garb. The black inked exclamation mark inverted at the collar is the laundry code for this particular family.
Donor:
Khan Bahadur Burjor Dhalla
Collection place:
Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coats (garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama