Hair ornament

Museum number:

9-11220

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Alternate number:

39b (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2696

Object count:

1

Description:

hair ornament; black cotton thread with three knotted tassels; Length 61 cm.

Donor:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund

Collection place:

Delhi State, India

Verbatim coll. place:

India, Delhi

Culture or time period:

Indian

Collector:

Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro

Collection date:

July 1969

Materials:

Cotton (textile) (thread)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Hair ornaments

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

November 11, 1970

Context of use:

For braiding into the hair. Used for daily wear or special occasions depending on the degree of elaboration.

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

length 61 centimeters

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