MVC-0449 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Object count:
1
Description:
Sari. Navy blue silk with magenta and turquoise repeated floral paisley motifs; 8 magenta and turquoise flowers, and gold and turquoise leaves in gold vases are woven horizontally up the front panel; wide bordering bands of gold, turquoise and magenta with flowers and leaves divides the front panel from the rest of the sari and borders the textile. L=565 x W=115.5
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saris (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman's clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 565 centimeters and width 115.5 centimeters