Head Cover
1867 (made)
| Place of origin |
Three fragments of a head cover (third fragment museum number 4483(IS)) woven black muslin, block printed with gum, overlaid with gold powder (roghan), a circular medallion in the centre of the field, and borders of scrolling plants between bands of woven pink silk and gold-wrapped thread, a deep end border of floral buta, attached to a narrow band of gold coloured beads, with a purple and gold fringe.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven muslin, block printed with gum, overlaid with gold powder, with gold-wrapped thread and beads |
| Brief description | Head cover (dupatta) in three parts, black muslin printed with gold (roghan) with woven borders of metal-wrapped and magenta silk and gold fringe at either end |
| Physical description | Three fragments of a head cover (third fragment museum number 4483(IS)) woven black muslin, block printed with gum, overlaid with gold powder (roghan), a circular medallion in the centre of the field, and borders of scrolling plants between bands of woven pink silk and gold-wrapped thread, a deep end border of floral buta, attached to a narrow band of gold coloured beads, with a purple and gold fringe. |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Slip book entry 6446: 'Doputtah / Jeypore / no invoice price / 1867 / Original nos. 2398 / black ground with gold printing and border' |
| Associated objects | |
| Other number | 6446 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4483(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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