Bandanna Length
ca. 1867 (made)
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Cut length of 7 silk bandannas, 2.5 bandannas remaining. Yellow silk tie-dyed with small groups of white spots.
Object details
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| Brief description | Cut length of Bengali bandannas, yellow silk tie-dyed with white spots, Murshidabad, West Bengal, ca. 1867 |
| Physical description | Cut length of 7 silk bandannas, 2.5 bandannas remaining. Yellow silk tie-dyed with small groups of white spots. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. India Museum Slip book entry: 'Sample of silk / Moorshedabad, Bengal / Price Rs. 9-8 per 7 yds / Original nos. 2755 / Additional particulars 3 yards / yellow ground with some white tie-dyeing'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Tie-dyed textiles of India : tradition and trade / Veronica Murphy and Rosemary Crill. London: Victoria and Albert Museum :in association with Mapin Publishing, 1991 Number: 0944142303
p. 155, fig. 65 |
| Other number | 5829 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 4936(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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