blouse
date: label: date made
content: 1977
notes: label: Description
content: Cropped, tailor-made hot pink/fuschia blouse with short inset sleeves with no cuffs. Scooped neckline in F and B. One dart on each side in back. Closure on CF with six metal hooks and fabric loops. Fabric band (2.25" wide under arms widening to 2.75" at CF) attached to bottom of blouse on both sides in front. One dart up from band and one dart from underarm area to create space for bust. Tailor's marks inside.
label: Description
content: Worn as part of donor's wedding attire under the sari. An oral history was conducted with the donors. An unedited transcript of this oral history is available for scholarly research through the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History. The collection is "Family of Voices Oral History Project" and it is collection number AC 1365.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: India
topic: label: used
content: Weddings
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Raj and Padma Vattikuti
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0227.03
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0227.03
label: accession number
content: 2016.0227
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blouse
label: Object Type
content: Blouse
label: Object Type
content: Woman
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal hooks (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall cb: 6 1/2 in; 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall sleeve inseam: 6 in; 15.24 cm