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Blouse front, unfinished
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SIND, PAKISTAN
Date: prob. 20th c.
Location where made:Sind, Pakistan
Medium: Cotton, mirror
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Bequest of Agnes Hulburd Conger
Object number: 1981.9.381
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.
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