Sari
Artist
India
Date20th C.
Historical location nameCalcutta, India
Location where madeKolkata, West Bengal, India
MediumSilk, metallic thread
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineBequest of Agnes Hulburd Conger
Object number1981.9.45
DescriptionA silk sari, or part of one, light blue ground. Borders are red with small black sawtooth (tumpal) edges and narrow exterior border of gold metallic threads/red/yellow in a geometric pattern. There is one large end border, or pallav, at one end in red silk with 6 groupings of 3 gold pinstripes each along its width. At the pallav end there is a store tag attached with the swadeshi symbol of the spinning wheel on it, that reads: "Indian Silk House/College Street Market, Calcutta." on the reverse, "Indian silk House/no2813/size 5-1/2(?)/price 23/8."On View
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