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Handkerchief

ca. 1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Dhaka (made)

A square handkerchief of undyed (plantain) banana fibre, side and end borders of red cotton and metal-wrapped thread.


Object details

Categories
Clothing
Textiles
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Handkerchief
Materials and techniques
Plantain fibre, woven
Banana Fibre
Woven
Brief description
Textile, handkerchief, plantain fibre, Dhaka, ca. 1867.
Physical description
A square handkerchief of undyed (plantain) banana fibre, side and end borders of red cotton and metal-wrapped thread.
Dimensions
  • Length: 47cm
  • Width: 44cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Dacca/Hurry Mohun Roy/No 19/1 Handkerchief of Plantain/Fibre-This is the first Which./has been made with this fibre'/Price Rs 10--"--/Ten' (paper label, handwritten in ink, attached to object)
  • 'India Museum' (paper label attached to first label)
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
Intended for use as a handkerchief.
Production
The slip book notes that the object is 'the first which has been made with the fibre', bought from Dacca Hurry Monundry. Listed in India Museum as No. 19.
Other number
6371 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
4961(IS)

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Record createdSeptember 22, 2004
Record URL
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