Mosquito Netting
ca. 1855 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Length of dark red wild silk net in a gauze weave, used for mosquito netting.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven silk |
| Brief description | Mosquito netting, dark red wild silk in a gauze weave, Murshidabad or Bankura, West Bengal, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Length of dark red wild silk net in a gauze weave, used for mosquito netting. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 3395: 'Wild Silk Musquito Gauze / Moorshedabad or Bancorah / 55 / claret-coloured'. |
| Other number | 3395 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 8812(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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