Wedding Sari

Item number 1546/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

A long rectangular blue silk gauze sari embellished with metallic gold representations with red, green, light blue, and dark blue of leaves, branches, and flowers. The motifs in the main design field are arranged in diagonal rows. The long edges are embellished with rows of gold acanthus leaf-like swirls, interspersed with red, blue, and white dots. There is a very narrow silver binding at the edges.

Cultural Context

ceremonial

Narrative

In a letter to the Museum in 1992 the donor stated: “This saree was donated to me by the parents of my husband immediately after getting married in 1958. His parents were [from] Hyderabad, Andra Prades (sic), India. My mother-in-law told me that it was over 100 years old (as it was during a visit in 1962, it would now be over 130 years old); that it was woven secretly at home during Prohibition (the period when Indians could not weave clothing); that it was one of the best specimens of sarees made in Hyderabad."