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Towel

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

Coarse towel of unbleached woven cotton, with knotted fringes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven cotton
Brief description
Textile, towel, white cotton. Mysore (Central Jail), ca. 1867
Physical description
Coarse towel of unbleached woven cotton, with knotted fringes.
Dimensions
  • Including fringe length: 102cm
  • Width: 82cm
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
Intended for use as a towel, to dry the body.
Associated object
5589A/(IS) (Pair)
Bibliographic reference
Ashmore, Sonia: Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015, "The Parasol Foundation Trust Programme: digitising and cataloguing the V&A's South Asian collection.", p. 108, pl. 29.
Other number
6074 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
5589(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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