Sail Cloth
c.1872 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Length of heavy cotton, three horizontal stripes of terracotta colour and blue at one end.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton |
| Brief description | Piece of sail cloth, coarse cotton canvas, Kutch, Gujarat, c.1872 |
| Physical description | Length of heavy cotton, three horizontal stripes of terracotta colour and blue at one end. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 11868: Cotton unbleached for Sail Cloth / Kutch Bombay / 72 / Original nos. 1091 [or 7] No.117B / Three Stripe crossings in (near the) end / 72in in depth - six colours red blue & red.' |
| Historical context | Slip book states that this was for sailcloth. |
| Other number | 11868 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0137(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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