Not on display

Lungi

c.1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wrapped garment, yellow with a terracotta-coloured check and terracotta-coloured stripes at the ends. Complete piece.

Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 215cm
  • Width: 74cm
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.
Subject depicted
Associated objects
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. / Prov.No.286.'
Collection
Accession number
4450(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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