MVC-0403 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Object count:
1
Description:
Sari blouse: 94.0cm at bust; 40.0cm at shoulders. Royal blue silk, lined with dark blue cotton; short sleeved; machine stitched with hand hemming, metal hooks w/ thread eyes; snaps & thread loops inside shoulders ( used to keep bra straps from showing).
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
at shoulders— width 40 centimeters and at bust— width 94 centimeters