Waistcoat
A highly decorated boy’s waistcoat that includes plastic and metal buttons, zips, beads and tassels. Notice how the zip acts simply as decoration. Likely dates to the 1950s or 60s.
Height 430mm. Collected by Elizabeth Kay Norris.
Height 430mm. Collected by Elizabeth Kay Norris.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 565/2005/4
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Material
- cottonembroidery threadmetal buttons and plastic buttonspoppas [press studs] and zippersbeads and bead tassels
- Common Name
- waistcoat
- Simple Name
- waistcoat
- Period Classification
- Mid 20th century
- Production County
- Indus Kohistan
- Production Country
- Pakistan
- Production Year High
- 2005
