Lungi
c.1855 (made)
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Wrapped garment, yellow with a terracotta-coloured check and terracotta-coloured stripes at the ends. Complete piece.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton |
| Brief description | Fragment of a man's wrapped garment (lungi), yellow and brown checked cotton, Karaikal, Puducherry, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Wrapped garment, yellow with a terracotta-coloured check and terracotta-coloured stripes at the ends. Complete piece. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Swatches from the original lungi were cut for use in John Forbes Watson's The Textile Manufactures of India, vol.II, no.60, entry. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, and Great Britain. India Office. The Textile Manufactures of India. India Office, 1866.
'INDIAN FABRICS. / No.60 / MAN'S GARMENT. / Cotton. / Worn by Lubbays, an industrious class of fishermen and Mahomedan merchants on the Madras Coast. / Length 2 yards 9 inches; width 1 yard 9 inches; weight 10 1/2 oz.; price 2s. 3d. / From KARIKAL, MADRAS. / |
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| Accession number | 4450(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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