Scarf
ca. 1872 (made)
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Head cover, fine white cotton, with a plain field and jamdani-like brocade in the corners of the field, a large buta in silver-wrapped thread containing small flower heads in white surrounded by a narrow border of trees in silver-wrapped thread, a wider border of stylised plants in white, and edge borders of silver-wrapped thread in a chevron design, and a central medallion in silver-wrapped thread and white silk thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton, silver-wrapped silk thread and silk thread brocade |
| Brief description | Textile, scarf, woven cotton, silver-wrapped thread brocade, Varanasi, ca. 1872 |
| Physical description | Head cover, fine white cotton, with a plain field and jamdani-like brocade in the corners of the field, a large buta in silver-wrapped thread containing small flower heads in white surrounded by a narrow border of trees in silver-wrapped thread, a wider border of stylised plants in white, and edge borders of silver-wrapped thread in a chevron design, and a central medallion in silver-wrapped thread and white silk thread. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Case 15] '0427. GAUZE SCARF. "Doputta;"; Benares. 11936' |
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| Other number | 11,936 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 0427(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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