Accession No
1988.212
Description
Ghagra. Pleated red skirt with green waistband and hem. Panels of red woven cotton cloth with slight sheen to the surface, trimmed with a green waistband and hem; yellow piping around waistband and hem; length of white plaited cotton cord threaded through the waistband; three or four signatures or handwriting near the hem.
Place
Asia; South Asia; India; Rajasthan; Sirohi District; Uppalagarh
Period
20th century 1987
Source
Unnithan, Maya (Professor) [field collector]; Crowther-Beynon Grant [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1988.212
Cultural Affliation
Girahya [Girasia]
Material
Cloth; Cotton
Local Term
Ghagra
Measurements
2670mm x 950mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in ink, in Devnagari script. Possibly signatures.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Maya Unnithan in 1987.
Event Date 1987
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Production / use)
Worn by Girahya women.
Event Date 1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Red and green cotton cloth skirt. Good condition. Whole.'
Event Date 3/5/1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Very full, red skirt with green border and yellow edging. There also appears to be some handwriting written directly on the skirt.
Event Date 2/2/2005
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Ghagra. Pleated red skirt with green waistband and hem. Panels of red woven cotton cloth with slight sheen to the surface, trimmed with a green waistband and hem; yellow piping around waistband and hem; length of white plaited cotton cord threaded through the waistband; three or four signatures or handwriting near the hem.
Event Date 19/1/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:80064
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