Salwars
date: label: date made
content: 1980-1990
notes: label: Description
content: These Pakistani wide legged pants, called Salwars, are made of a silver silk. The pants flare at the bottom. At the knees, there is a purple border of silk with gold metallic embroidery of lotus flowers and leaves.
label: Description
content: Outfit worn in a fashion show in the U.S., probably between 1980-1990. An oral history was conducted with this donor. 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
topic: label: Subject
content: Costume
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ray and Shaista Mahmood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0237.10b
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0237.10b
label: accession number
content: 2015.0237
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pants
label: Object Name
content: salwars
label: Object Name
content: trousers
label: Object Type
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: Woman
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45 in x 88 in; 114.3 cm x 223.52 cm