Fragment
ca. 1873 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Fragment of coarse white silk or cotton.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk or cotton, woven |
| Brief description | Fragment of white coarse silk or cotton cloth, from Shache (Yarkand), China, ca. 1873 |
| Physical description | Fragment of coarse white silk or cotton. |
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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 object was probably intended for use as a garment, clothing. |
| Other number | 12,996 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1996(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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