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Dhoti

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Salem (made)
Tamil Nadu (made)

Man's wrapped garment (dhoti), with part of one side removed, white cotton with side borders of orange silk and red cotton in a diaper pattern, end borders with horizontal bands of orange and red silk.


Object details

Categories
Clothing
Men's Clothes
Textiles
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Dhoti
Materials and techniques
Cotton and silk, woven
Cotton (Textile)
Silk (Textile)
Woven
Brief description
Man's wrapped garment (dhoti), white cotton with orange borders, Salem, Tamil Nadu, ca. 1855.
Physical description
Man's wrapped garment (dhoti), with part of one side removed, white cotton with side borders of orange silk and red cotton in a diaper pattern, end borders with horizontal bands of orange and red silk.
Dimensions
  • Length: 480cm
  • Width: 113.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Man's garment/Madras/Book/No 276/44' (handwritten paper label pinned to object)
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Originally part of a dhoti-angavastrum set. Swatches from the angavastrum appear in John Forbes Watson's The Textile Manufactures of India, vol.II, No.44.
Subject depicted
Diaper
Bibliographic reference
Watson, J. Forbes, and Great Britain. India Office. The Textile Manufactures of India. India Office, 1866. 'INDIAN FABRICS. NO.44 / MAN'S GARMENT. / Cotton: silk in principal end and borders. / Two pieces wovan as usual in one length with a "fag" between to permit of their being readily seperated. The longer portion is worn around the body; the shorter one over the shoulders./ Length of longer portion 5 yards 9 inches; of shorter ditto 3 yards 9 inches; total length 8 yards 18 inches; width 1 yard 9 inches; weight 1lb. 8oz.; price 8s. / From SALEM, MADRAS. Prov. No.276'
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
8518(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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