- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Two widths of cloth joined together and decorated.
- 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, Process Woven, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Length x Width 2720 x 1360 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1976.17.10
Search terms: Textile
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