head cover - orni; multi-coloured tie-dye pattern on rust-red ground; Length 188 cm, Width 172 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
February 1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headcloths (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn by women; one end pleated in front, tucked into skirt, then brought around the back to cover the head. made by Muslims; members of cloth-dyeing castes.