sari
date: label: date made
content: 1977
notes: label: Description
content: An ornately decorated long piece of silk. According to donor decoration made with silver thread dipped in gold. Beginning from dark blue end to oposite hot pink end, is following arrangement of fabric and decorative motifs: dark blue self-fringe knotted approx. ever 1.5"; 2.5" deep undecorated dark blue band 31" wide. On both sides a 6.5" wide gold decorated border on blue ground; this border continues length of sari; border "floats" inside a 1" wide strip of blue fabric. The 29.5" wide center panel continues length of sari but color and designs change. At "blue" end, center panel is an elaborate gold patern of circles, bands, bars and 4 larged centered medallions on dark blue ground. After 21.5", center panel changes to a hot pink ground decorated w/gold squares (0.75" x 0.75") filled w/an abstract pattern in gold. Continuing on the hot pink ground are the same squares in gold but now every other row is plain pink alternating with a row w/the abstract design; this design runs 28". Then 19" of undecorated gold squares followd by 4" of parallel gold lines (running lengthwise) ending in self-fringe knotted approx. ever 1.5"
label: Description
content: Worn as part of donor's wedding outfit in India in 1977. 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: 2016.0227.05
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0227.05
label: accession number
content: 2016.0227
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sari
label: Object Type
content: Woman
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver thread (overall decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 202 in x 45 3/4 in; 513.08 cm x 116.205 cm