Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Square, woven wool bag with a thin twine strap. The bag has a central red green and yellow geometric design of circles, diamonds and lines. Bordering each side are red, purple, pink, yellow and green stripes all of the same width with circular and line decorative patterns. There is a slit opening and loose fabric on the bottom. Both sides are identical.
Small, rectangular shaped bag made of a long piece of fabric folded and sewn along the sides. The opening has a drawstring closure and a braided strap on either side that is tied together at the top. The drawstring has a copper(?) coin attached through a circle hole in the metal. The bag is decorated with stripes of embroidered geometric designs in orange, blue, yellow, dark green and beige.
Small, rectangular shaped beaded pubic apron with twisted fibre edging and ties along with beaded fringe on each side with circular metal discs attached at the ends. The design on the apron consists of small red, green, navy and blue beads in a geometric pattern of arrows, rectangles, diamonds and lines on a white background.
Small, rectangular shaped beaded pubic apron with twisted fibre edging and ties along with a braided metal fringe. The design on the apron consists of small red, green, navy and blue beads in a geometric pattern of squares, arrows, rectangles and zigzags on a beaded white background.
Gray damask silk skirt with no waistband. The skirt has pleated and embroidered panels edged with black trim. The lower sections have butterfly and floral motifs in gold, white and blue on gray ground. Around the sides and bottom hem are thick black borders with floral motifs in white and blue. The damask is woven with geometric and floral motifs. The inside is unlined.
Purple damask silk hood with embroidery. The hood has four long silk ties, purple netting, tin reflectors and green tassels attached to the lower front edges. The blue border around the lower edges has butterfly and floral motifs in white, green and purple. The cream border above the facial opening has mirrors and peacock, crane, butterfly, pine, floral motifs. The embroidery overall has the civil rank motifs (crane, golden pheasant, peacock, wild goose, silver pheasant, egret, mandarin duck, quail, paradise flycatcher), mountain, wave, coral, swastika and floral motifs. The inside lining is red silk.
Small blue-green silk pants with cotton waistband. The waistband is wide with a large printed floral and leaf pattern in maroon and green on cream ground. There are two maroon ties. The legs are straight with a partially open inseam. Embroidered on the sides is a lotus motif in white, pink and purple. There is pink trim around the bottom edges. The inner lining is cream cotton with a printed floral and leaf pattern.
Wool loincloth in an oval-like shape with one straight end, rounded sides and two rounded points at the other end. The cloth is grey with dark blue repeating stripes.
Rectangular shaped, maroon cotton band (parts a-c) consisting of a white geometric designs with yellow and green stripes on either side. In the middle is a frayed section of long pieces of coloured thread. Sash is all one piece. All parts are similar.
Rattan ? fan covered in small beads and edged with blue and yellow silk fabric. The fan has a semi-circular body with a curved indentation at the back to form a rectangular shaped stem that attaches to a long cylindrical shaped, wooden handle. The handle is painted red and green. The centre of the fan has a multi-coloured bead plant motif in with dark green, orange, yellow, navy and pink on a white background. Around the outer edge are dark green, white and red stripes. The back of the fan is covered in dark pink, cotton cloth. The back has a small rectangular adhesive tag that reads ‘Made in India’.