Shirt (a) and trousers (b)

Museum number:
9-13592a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913592a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Object count:
2
Description:
Suit; man’s; a - jacket; black; b - pants; black; white waistband; favored for summer wear - supposedly cool. This material no longer in general use, but suit is prototypical of traditional men’s daily wear; formerly worn under a robe. Rubber silk grew to popularity in the 1930’s.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trousers
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shirt (a) and trousers (b), accession number 9-13592a,b, described as Suit; man’s; a - jacket; black; b - pants; black; white waistband; favored for summer wear - supposedly cool. This material no longer in general use, but suit is prototypical of traditional men’s daily wear; formerly worn under a robe. Rubber silk grew to popularity in the 1930’s.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shirt (a) and trousers (b), accession number 9-13592a,b, described as Suit; man’s; a - jacket; black; b - pants; black; white waistband; favored for summer wear - supposedly cool. This material no longer in general use, but suit is prototypical of traditional men’s daily wear; formerly worn under a robe. Rubber silk grew to popularity in the 1930’s.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shirt (a) and trousers (b), accession number 9-13592a,b, described as Suit; man’s; a - jacket; black; b - pants; black; white waistband; favored for summer wear - supposedly cool. This material no longer in general use, but suit is prototypical of traditional men’s daily wear; formerly worn under a robe. Rubber silk grew to popularity in the 1930’s.

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