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1965.3.112

Man's loin cloth

1965.3.112

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Collection type
Object
Description
Man's loin cloth
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Tamil Nadu Madurai
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Folk-Lore Society
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1950?, uncertain
Date collected
?1890 - 1950
Acquisition information
Donated: 1965
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Process Woven
Dimensions
Width 160 mm, Length 620 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1965.3.112 Other numbers: D.1900.96
Research and responses

Madurai, city, south-central Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India; was formerly known as (until 1949) Madura. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 2/10/2000]

Search terms: Clothing Textile, Groin-cover

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