Head-Cover
ca.1855 (made)
| Place of origin |
Woman's cotton head-cover or shawl, field plain faded red with central diamond-shaped tie-dyed medallion; both ends tie-dyed in multi-coloured diamond shapes with zigzag border. Large water-stain repeated throughout.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton with patterns in tie-dye (bandhani) technqiue. |
| Brief description | Head-cover or shawl, cotton, with tie-dyed ends. Hazara, Pakistan, ca.1855. Textiles, women's clothes. |
| Physical description | Woman's cotton head-cover or shawl, field plain faded red with central diamond-shaped tie-dyed medallion; both ends tie-dyed in multi-coloured diamond shapes with zigzag border. Large water-stain repeated throughout. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Hand-written paper label attached to object: 'Chadur, or Bochun/Veil or Headdress' |
| Object history | Acquired by the Indian Museum in 1855 and transferred to the South Kensington Museum in 1879. |
| Bibliographic reference | Tie-dyed textiles of India : tradition and trade / Veronica Murphy and Rosemary Crill. London: Victoria and Albert Museum :in association with Mapin Publishing, 1991 Number: 0944142303
p. 102, pl. 106 |
| Other number | 3906 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 05482(IS) |
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| Record created | December 21, 2012 |
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