Head cover

Museum number:

9-11223

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Alternate number:

99 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2696

Object count:

1

Description:

Head cover (orni); woman's; coarse pink muslin printed in floral motifs with white, yellow, blue and green paint mixed with powdered mica to give an iridescent effect; Length 240 cm., Width 163 cm. (two short widths joined vertically)

Donor:

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

Collection place:

Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India

Verbatim coll. place:

India, Rajasthan, Udaipur District

Culture or time period:

Indian

Collector:

Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro

Collection date:

January 1970

Materials:

Cotton (textile), Gum arabic, Mica (mineral), and Pigment

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Headcloths (headgear)

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

November 11, 1970

Context of use:

worn over local skirt and blouse.

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

length 240 centimeters and width 163 centimeters

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