Sari
c.1855 (made)
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Fragment of a wrapped garment, probably a sari, dark blue cotton with warp ikat; the design consists of orange squares containing small white motifs on a dark blue ground.
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Materials and techniques | Woven cotton, ikat |
Brief description | Fragment of a woman's wrapped garment (sari), navy blue cotton patterend with ikat sari, Vetapalem, Andra Pradesh, c.1855. |
Physical description | Fragment of a wrapped garment, probably a sari, dark blue cotton with warp ikat; the design consists of orange squares containing small white motifs on a dark blue ground. |
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Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson’s The Textile Manufactures of India (1866), vol.V, no.184. |
Historical context | The complete object would have been intended for use as a garment, clothing. |
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Accession number | 7297(IS) |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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