Garment Part
ca. 1855 (made), 1855 (made)
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Part of a wrapped garment, woven with patterned stripes of floss silk in white, orange, red and dark blue, the end border is in dark pink striped floss silk, reversing to yellow, with patterned coloured borders on either side, and a coloured border on one side of pink, yellow and black floss silk, probably intended to be reversible.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk, woven |
| Brief description | Textile, part of a silk wrapped garment, Sindh, ca. 1855. |
| Physical description | Part of a wrapped garment, woven with patterned stripes of floss silk in white, orange, red and dark blue, the end border is in dark pink striped floss silk, reversing to yellow, with patterned coloured borders on either side, and a coloured border on one side of pink, yellow and black floss silk, probably intended to be reversible. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. |
| Historical context | The complete object would have been intended for use as a garment, clothing. |
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| Other number | 3041 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 025(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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