turban for folk-drama; red cotton cloth, imitation gold, silver & pearls decoration; 26 cm width; 22 cm height
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan (Rajasthani peasants)
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
June 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Gold (metal), Pearl (animal material), and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Turbans
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
turban worn by men as costume for Rajasthani 'khyal' folk dance-drama; this turban a copy of that worn previously by the king of Mewar; made by hereditary (caste) costume designers