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Stole
Designed by: Bankin Kumar Mishra (Indian, 20th century)
Woven by: Sudhansa Kumar Mishra (Indian, 20th–21st century)
Woven by: Sudhansa Kumar Mishra (Indian, 20th–21st century)
Indian (Orissa)
2007
Object Place: Anugul, Orissa, India
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave with discontinuous supplementary wefts and continuous supplementary warps, weft-ikat dyed
Dimensions
Height x width: 58 x 19 in. (147.3 x 48.3 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Suzanne W. and Alan J. Dworsky
Accession Number2008.129
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGolden colored silk plain weave (3-ply mulberry silk warp and muga silk weft) field. Tan longitudinal borders with abstracted forms. The end of the stole has alternating rows of purple/gray ikat interlocking diamonds with a central dot and tan woven fish and lotus blossoms.
End is woven with discontinuous supplementary weft and borders are continuous supplementary warp patterning.
End is woven with discontinuous supplementary weft and borders are continuous supplementary warp patterning.
ProvenancePurchased by Pam Parmal at Radhika Exclusives in Orissa, India, February 8, 2008; Purchased by the MFA (Accession date: April 23, 2008)