Textile Item Number: B645 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Red background with gold thread running along two selvedges and in a geometric band and parallel stripes at each end.
Cultural Context
Used as a wedding veil.
Item History
- Made in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- 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
- Textile
- Identification Number
- B645
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- silk fibre, fibre and gold metal ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven
- Overall
- height 45.0 cm, width 127.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
- 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
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during March 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0024/0051