String

Museum number:
9-12933
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012933
Accession number:
Acc.2910
Object count:
3
Description:
A saffron-dyed, three-ply cotton string worn by some Hindu women to denote marriage. Native name: "mangal sutra". Sold by vendors of religious and ritual paraphernalia. Length 1 m.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Karnataka State, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled String, accession number 9-12933, described as A saffron-dyed, three-ply cotton string worn by some Hindu women to denote marriage. Native name: "mangal sutra". Sold by vendors of religious and ritual paraphernalia. Length 1 m.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled String, accession number 9-12933, described as A saffron-dyed, three-ply cotton string worn by some Hindu women to denote marriage. Native name: "mangal sutra". Sold by vendors of religious and ritual paraphernalia. Length 1 m.

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