blouse; woman’s; multicolored embroidery and mirror work on magenta silk w/brown cotton backing; side pieces in pale green silk embroidered in human, floral and geometric motifs; sleeves of coarse yellow muslin embroidered with flowers; 4 red pompoms on body of garment; silk floss tassels in various colors and cowrie shells as trim on sleeves and lower edges; open in back; 2 ties trimmed with shells and tassel Length 71 cm., Width 50 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Kutch, Gujarat State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Gujerat, Kutch
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Shell (animal material), and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Worn over a local skirt; probably made and worn by he Ahir women if Kutch