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Woman's jacket

20th century
Object PlaceThailand
Medium/TechniqueAppliquéd cotton, indigo-dyed; plain weave, appliquéd with cotton plain weave and embroidered with cotton and embellished with plastic buttons, glass beads, and silver bosses
Dimensions77.15 cm (30 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Ruth Weil
Accession number1999.246
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceAcquired by the donor from the estate of Ruth Weil. Ms. Weil's husband, Joe Hodnick, purchased the jacket on his travels in Thailand in the 1960s.
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