Accession No
1988.213
Description
Ghagra. Pleated blue skirt with red waistband and hem. Panels of blue woven cotton cloth set in pleats and trimmed with a red waistband and hem; yellow piping around waistband and hem and a wide strip of loosely-woven red cotton inside the hem; length of white plaited cotton cord threaded through the waistband; white printed lettering with price per metre.
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
1988.213
Cultural Affliation
Girahya [Girasia]
Material
Cotton; Cloth
Local Term
Ghagra
Measurements
2500mm x 920mm
Events
Description (Inscription)
Printed in gold lettering inside waistband, within a rectangular hatched border: 'Dyed poplin / Sub. Std. / Medium-A / 12801'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Inscription)
White printed lettering on blue fabric: 'Ex factory price per meter rs. 7.00 / Excise duty per meter rs. 0 62.6 / S.S.T.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Maya Unnithan in 1987.
Event Date 1987
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Blue and red cotton skirt. Good condition. Whole.'
Event Date 1988
Author: maa
Context (Production / use)
Worn by Girahya women.
Event Date 1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Long, very full blue skirt with red borders and yellow edging.
Event Date 2/2/2005
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Ghagra. Pleated blue skirt with red waistband and hem. Panels of blue woven cotton cloth set in pleats and trimmed with a red waistband and hem; yellow piping around waistband and hem and a wide strip of loosely-woven red cotton inside the hem; length of white plaited cotton cord threaded through the waistband; white printed lettering with price per metre.
Event Date 19/1/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:80065
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