Blouse front, unfinished
Artist
SIND, PAKISTAN
Dateprob. 20th c.
Location where madeSind, Pakistan
MediumCotton, mirror
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineBequest of Agnes Hulburd Conger
Object number1981.9.381
DescriptionA large rectangle, of dark red, cotton, khaddar cloth pieced together from two smaller pieces with hand-sewing. Covered in shisha (mirror) embroidery of fine quality. There is a slit 1/3 the way down the c.f., and the remnants of lacing; this would have been the neck opening. Thie piece was intended to be one of the backless blouses, worn by the women of Pakistan and N.W. India with a full skirt and large veil, instead of a sari.On View
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