Textile
ca. 1873 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Length of white silk cloth with fringes at either end.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk, woven |
| Brief description | Textile, length of white Khotan silk, from Shache (Yarkand), China, ca. 1873 |
| Physical description | Length of white silk cloth with fringes at either end. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Part of an ethnological collection acquired by Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth from Yarkand (Shache in Chinese) in 1873-4. |
| Historical context | The complete piece would have been intended for use as a garment, clothing. |
| Production | Made in Hetian (Khotan), but found in Shache (Yarkand). |
| Other number | 13,011 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2154(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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