Textile
ca. 1855-1879 (made)
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Thirteen fragments of a block printed cotton garment, rows of flowered buta printed in red, black, with additional ochre painting on a white ground. Narrow patterned border in yellow, red and ochre, borders at the end border, one in red and ochre, the other in black.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 13 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton, block printed and painted |
| Brief description | Textile, fragments (part of the same textile as 8558(IS)), floral design, block printed cotton, India, probably South, ca. 1855-1879 |
| Physical description | Thirteen fragments of a block printed cotton garment, rows of flowered buta printed in red, black, with additional ochre painting on a white ground. Narrow patterned border in yellow, red and ochre, borders at the end border, one in red and ochre, the other in black. |
| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. |
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| Associated object | 8558(IS) (Part) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 8427:1/(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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