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Ornament
Museum number:
9-11233
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011233
Alternate number:
477 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Object count:
1
Description:
Hookah ornament; in the form of a cap with a drawstring at the top; multicolored silk embroidery and mirror work on maroon satin ground; beaded and silk tasseled fringe - glass beads, red tassels; red cotton backing; diameter 23 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Gujarat State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Gujerat
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Glass (material), and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 23 centimeters
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