coat;
waistcoat;
dance-costume(?);
bead
- Museum number
- 2014,8020.1
- Description
-
Jacket? or waistcoat? (upper part decorated with braid and beads; possibly used as part of dance costume) made of textile (wool), thread (gold, silver), beads (glass?).
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
-
Length: 79 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Apparently collected as part of a dance costume used in Peru. For a closely similar sleevless coat from Skopje, see Eu1994,01.26 (illustrated in Diane Waller, 'Textiles from the Balkans', British Museum 2012, pp. 68-9).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1983
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2014,8020.1
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: Am1983,28.5
