Skirt

Museum number:
9-15669
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015669
Alternate number:
873 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.09
Description:
Shirt, "ghagra". Silk, cotton border lining. Plain weave, embroidered, plain weave binding. Red ground, white, yellow and green designs. Orange binding. Flower motives (Phulkari). 3 yards, 13 inches by 35 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Katherine Hooker
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
INDIA
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
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
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 35 inches and length 121 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-15669, described as Shirt, "ghagra". Silk, cotton border lining. Plain weave, embroidered, plain weave binding. Red ground, white, yellow and green designs. Orange binding. Flower motives (Phulkari). 3 yards, 13 inches by 35 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-15669, described as Shirt, "ghagra". Silk, cotton border lining. Plain weave, embroidered, plain weave binding. Red ground, white, yellow and green designs. Orange binding. Flower motives (Phulkari). 3 yards, 13 inches by 35 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-15669, described as Shirt, "ghagra". Silk, cotton border lining. Plain weave, embroidered, plain weave binding. Red ground, white, yellow and green designs. Orange binding. Flower motives (Phulkari). 3 yards, 13 inches by 35 inches.

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