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Robe
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Robe
- Place of origin:
Sindh, Pakistan (made)
- Date:
mid 19th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Silk with silk embroidery
- Museum number:
05648(IS)
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This luxurious robe is a courtly garment, worn by a young man in Sindh, Pakistan. It is made of silk and gold fabric, lined with red and yellow silk. the distinctive circular opening, combined with a rectangular panel to cover the chest, identifies this garment as an angarkha, which simply means 'protector of the body'. The upper part of the robe is evidently its focal point, and it is made more elaborate by the addition of a row of non-functional 'buttons' around one side of the front opening. Like all robes of this type, the distinctive round neck and waist are fastened by silk ties - in this case in red, blue and yellow - which are also used for the colourful piping around the neck and edges. It would have been paired with narrow trousers (paijama) of silk and gold fabric.
