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Possibly a woman's head scarf (odhni)

Possibly a woman's head scarf (odhni)

20th–mid 20th century
Object PlaceSaurashtra, Gujarat, India
Medium/TechniqueTie resist (plangi) cotton with metallic discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
DimensionsHeight x width: 76 x 70 1/2 in. (193 x 179.1 cm)
Credit LineTextile Special Fund
Accession number42.301
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA, June 9, 1942
Shawl
Shawl
18th century
Shoulder or breast cloth (slendang or kemben)
Shoulder or breast cloth (slendang or kemben)
early 20th century
Handkerchief
Handkerchief
18th or 19th century
Shawl
about 1840
Shawl
about 1875
Ceremonial lower body wrapper (kain sembiran)
Ceremonial lower body wrapper (kain sembiran)
19th century
Group shot: 99.664.80, 99.853, 59.427, 48.335, 45.911, 10.99, 49.430a, 49.430b
Turnover Shawl
probably 1820–30
Woman's wrapper (sari)
Woman's wrapper (sari)
2007
Long shawl
about 1830
Shawl
About 1820
Noh costume (karaori)
late 18th to early 19th century
Noh costume (karaori)
Noh costume (karaori)
19th century