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Woman's wrapper (sari)

(Indian)
20th century
Object PlaceBengal, India
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave with gold metallic and cotton discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
DimensionsOverall: 460 x 110cm (181 1/8 x 43 5/16in.)
Credit LineMarianne Brimmer Fund
Accession number21.1427
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1921, purchased by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: July 7, 1921)

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