- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Small piece of a length of white cotton with ornate narrow band worked in dark blue / purple thread along one side
- Geographical reference
- Tamil Nadu Nilgiris Udhagamandalam [Ootacamund]
- Cultural groups
- Toda
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1920’s
- Date collected
- 1920s.
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1976
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Yarn, Process Woven, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Length x Width 240 x 320 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1976.17.5
Search terms: Textile
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