Sari
c.1881-82 (made)
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Part of a woven cotton sari, dark blue field with yellow and white side borders and three yellow bands in the pallu. Cut at one end.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton |
| Brief description | Part of a woman's wrapped garment (sari), dark blue cotton, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, c.1881-82 |
| Physical description | Part of a woven cotton sari, dark blue field with yellow and white side borders and three yellow bands in the pallu. Cut at one end. |
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| Object history | This sari was bought for the Museum in India in 1882 by Caspar Purdon Clarke for £ 0.29 (5s 9d), as a complete sari. 1883 South Kensington Museum Register entry: 'DRESS PIECE (Sari)). Blue cotton net with narrow side borders in white and yellow. The principal end border has transverse bands and stripes in red and yellow silk and white cotton. Madura. 19th cent. L.24 ft 1 in. W.3 ft 6 in. Bought 5s 9d.' |
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| Accession number | IS.1739-1883 |
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| Record created | August 1, 2008 |
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