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Belt and buckle
Indian
Medium/Technique
Silk with metallic gold discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts, metal, embroidered with seed pearls
Dimensions
Overall (Open): 9 x 86 x 2.5 cm (3 9/16 x 33 7/8 x 1 in.)
Other (Buckle closed): 9 x 43 x 2.5 cm (3 9/16 x 16 15/16 x 1 in.)
Other (Buckle closed): 9 x 43 x 2.5 cm (3 9/16 x 16 15/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.536
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBelt with design of stylized geometric pattern in gold thread on a red ground; buckle contructed of two leaf-shaped metal pieces and embroidered with gold thread and seed pearls.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, April 1, 1915