Hood Item Number: B640 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Red and green floral and geometric designs embroidered on an orange ground. Decorated with small circular mirrors. Lined with red cotton (?).
Item History
- Made in Kutch, Gujarat, India
- Collected during 1870
- Owned by Universal Art Gallery before March 1960
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Universal Art Gallery (Seller) during March 1960
What
- Name
- Hood
- Identification Number
- B640
- Type of Item
- hood
- Material
- silk fibre, cotton fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- embroidered
- Overall
- height 47.5 cm, width 39.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kutch
- Previous Owner
- Universal Art Gallery
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Universal Art Gallery (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Kutch, Gujarat, India
When
- Collection Date
- during 1870
- Ownership Date
- before March 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during March 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0024/0020