Man's Robe (Jama)
c.1855 (made)
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This man's robe is of the type called a jama, which crosses over the chest and fastens at the side. This example is exceptional in the amount of cloth used for its gathered skirt: it has a circumference at the hem of 65 metres of cloth, and the skirt is made up of 277 triangular panels. It was given to the India Museum (which was amalgamated into the South Kensington Museum, later the V&A) by the Maharaja of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in 1855.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton |
| Brief description | White cotton jama with full skirt, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, c.1855 |
| Physical description | This white cotton robe has a skirt made up of 277 triangular panels. It is tied at the left side of the chest, which traditionally denotes a Hindu wearer. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'INDIA-BENGAL / No.8794 / Division 1 group 7 Class 25 / Name of article. / A Coat of Ceremony / Where produced / Birtpore / Use / holiday dress of man of middle class.' |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Slip book entry 3753: 'Coat of White Muslin & pair of kincob Trowsers / Coortee & Pyjamas / Birtpore / 55 / Used for Ceremonial purposes.' |
| Production | Acquired in the Rajasthani state of Bharatpur in 1855. |
| Summary | This man's robe is of the type called a jama, which crosses over the chest and fastens at the side. This example is exceptional in the amount of cloth used for its gathered skirt: it has a circumference at the hem of 65 metres of cloth, and the skirt is made up of 277 triangular panels. It was given to the India Museum (which was amalgamated into the South Kensington Museum, later the V&A) by the Maharaja of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in 1855. |
| Associated object | 05598(IS) (Ensemble) |
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| Other number | 3753 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 05567(IS) |
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| Record created | February 9, 2005 |
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