Dress
| Type: | Clothing - Garment |
|---|---|
| Object Name: | Dress |
| Local Name: | jumlo |
| Place Made: | Asia: South Asia, Pakistan, Northwest Frontier, Indus Kohistan |
| Period: | Mid 20th century |
| Date: | 1930 - 1970 |
| Dimensions: | L 74 cm x W 122 cm |
| Materials: | Cotton; glass bead; lead bead; plastic button |
| Techniques: | Twill woven; machine-sewn; embroidered |
| ID Number: | T00.45.22 |
| Credit: | From the Fitzgerald Collection |
The jumlo was one of the most lavishly embroidered and embellished garments in South Asia, and worn by Muslim women in remote Indus Kohistan. The dress’s skirt was formed of triangular gussets – some examples have as many as 600. The jumlo, worn with full trousers and an embroidered shawl, was often embellished with coins, buttons, even key chains and old zippers. In the 1970s, ready-made Pakistani clothing began to replace jumlo.
