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Based on the size and material of these textiles, what do you think they might have been used for? How might a consumer have chosen which kerchief to buy? Think also about how you yourselves decided to choose which textiles to compare. Were these aesthetic choices? If so, based on what? Look at other sources in the database to get ideas for how they might have been used, but you do not have to be limited by these. 

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Based on the size and material of these textiles, what do you think they might have been used for? How might a consumer have chosen which kerchief to buy? Think also about how you yourselves decided to choose which textiles to compare. Were these aesthetic choices? If so, based on what? Look at other sources in the database to get ideas for how they might have been used, but you do not have to be limited by these. 

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Based on your prior knowledge, or suggested reading, what types of Indian textiles are most often seen on displays in museums and have been studied most by scholars? Why do you think that is? How does our understanding of Indian textiles and their history change if we leave out particular textiles?

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Based on your prior knowledge, or suggested reading, what types of Indian textiles are most often seen on displays in museums and have been studied most by scholars? Why do you think that is? How does our understanding of Indian textiles and their history change if we leave out particular textiles?

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What type of information has the museum provided on these textiles? Keeping in mind the limitations of a museum, is there any information that the museum has not provided that you would like to see mentioned?

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What type of information has the museum provided on these textiles? Keeping in mind the limitations of a museum, is there any information that the museum has not provided that you would like to see mentioned?

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Based on the identified materials, colours, patterns, and related visual sources of the handkerchiefs, think about all the people who would have potentially been involved in the production process. How do you understand the labour behind the production of such textiles having considered their materiality?   

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Based on the identified materials, colours, patterns, and related visual sources of the handkerchiefs, think about all the people who would have potentially been involved in the production process. How do you understand the labour behind the production of such textiles having considered their materiality?   

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How has the close analysis of textiles changed your understanding of textiles and how they might be used as historical sources? Return to the initial thoughts you noted down and consider what, if any, difference there is in what you anticipated to learn from textiles and what you’ve actually learnt.

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How has the close analysis of textiles changed your understanding of textiles and how they might be used as historical sources? Return to the initial thoughts you noted down and consider what, if any, difference there is in what you anticipated to learn from textiles and what you’ve actually learnt.

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Not currently on display at the V&A

On short term loan out for exhibition

Complete length of eight kerchiefs (head covers), in red, yellow, white and green check.

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Object type

Materials and techniques

Brief description

Length of cotton handkerchiefs, red, yellow, white and green check, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, ca. 1855

Physical description

Complete length of eight kerchiefs (head covers), in red, yellow, white and green check.

Dimensions

Length: 728cm (approx.)

Width: 91.5cm

Marks and inscriptions

'MADRAS PRODUCTS. XXX. / No. 6 / Piece of Handkerchief, / value Rs.10-0-0 (Ten), manufactured in Madras by / SOOBOO CHETTY, property of the H. E. I. C. [Honorable East India Company] / R.248' (Printed and handwritten paper label, attached to object. )

Credit line

Transferred from India Museum 1879.

Object history

Transferred from India Museum 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 917: 'Cotton Kerchiefs / Madras / 55 / Head & Shoulders'.

Other number

917 - India Museum Slip Book

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Madras Handkerchief | Sooboo Chetty | V&A Explore The Collections

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Length of cotton handkerchiefs, red, yellow, white and green check, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, ca. 1855

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Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections

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Not currently on display at the V&A

On short term loan out for exhibition

Length of cotton handkerchiefs, purple, yellow, blue and white checks, South India, probably Chennai, Tamil Nadu, c.1855

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Brief description

Length of cotton handkerchiefs, purple, yellow, blue and white checks, South India, probably Chennai, Tamil Nadu, c.1855

Dimensions

Width: 900mm

Length: 7100mm (approx.)

Marks and inscriptions

'MADRAS TARIFF / ENG. NAME. Imitation English Check / SYN. / TAMIL. / PRODUCE OR MANUFACTURE. Madras / PRICE PER. Rs. 3 As. 9 / WHERE PROCURABLE. Madras / USE. / REMARKS.' (Original paper label attached to object )

Credit line

Transferred from India Museum 1879.

Object history

Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 902: 'Cotton Kerchiefs / Madras / 55 / For Head & Shoulders'.

Other number

902 - India Museum Slip Book

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Madras Handkerchief | V&A Explore The Collections

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Length of cotton handkerchiefs, purple, yellow, blue and white checks, South India, probably Chennai, Tamil Nadu, c.1855

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Not currently on display at the V&A

Length of four cotton handkerchiefs, red and white checks, Mangaluru, Karnataka, c.1855

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Object type

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Brief description

Length of four cotton handkerchiefs, red and white checks, Mangaluru, Karnataka, c.1855

Marks and inscriptions

'1/2 D'zen Hand K'chiefs / No.1 / PRICE per Dozens / Rp. 7 1/2 / [two lines of untranslated text] / INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT of the GERMAN MISSION, MANGALORE' (Original paper label attached to object)

Gallery label

Object history

Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 921: 'Cotton Kerchiefs / Madras / 55 / Head & Shoulders'.

1880 South Kensington Museum Register Entry: '[Box No. 17.] 4,847 to 4,882. COTTON KERCHIEFS for head. Madras.'

Bibliographic reference

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921 - India Museum Slip Book

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Length of four cotton handkerchiefs, red and white checks, Mangaluru, Karnataka, c.1855

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Not currently on display at the V&A

On short term loan out for exhibition

Length of cotton handkerchiefs, purple, yellow, blue and white checks, South India, probably Chennai, Tamil Nadu, c.1855

Categories

Object type

Materials and techniques

Brief description

Length of cotton handkerchiefs, purple, yellow, blue and white checks, South India, probably Chennai, Tamil Nadu, c.1855

Dimensions

Width: 900mm

Length: 7100mm (approx.)

Marks and inscriptions

'MADRAS TARIFF / ENG. NAME. Imitation English Check / SYN. / TAMIL. / PRODUCE OR MANUFACTURE. Madras / PRICE PER. Rs. 3 As. 9 / WHERE PROCURABLE. Madras / USE. / REMARKS.' (Original paper label attached to object )

Credit line

Transferred from India Museum 1879.

Object history

Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 902: 'Cotton Kerchiefs / Madras / 55 / For Head & Shoulders'.

Other number

902 - India Museum Slip Book

Collection

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A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora

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A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora

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