Costume, theatre
https://archives.westvancouver.ca/link/historicalartifact1304
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Description
- An incomplete gypsy outfit comprising waistcoat, hat and scarf.
- Repository
- West Vancouver Art Museum
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Accession Number
- 2005.012.122.a-c
- Origin - Country
- Canada
- Origin - Province / Territory
- British Columbia
- Origin - Municipality
- West Vancouver
- Use - Country
- Canada
- Use - Province / Territory
- British Columbia
- Use - Municipality
- West Vancouver
- Narrative
- Owned and used by Beatrice Hodgson. A photo in Archives shows Beatrice wearing the outfit and playing a violin.
- Artifact Category
- Personal Artifacts: Clothing - Outerwear
- Description
- An incomplete gypsy outfit comprising waistcoat, hat and scarf.
- a) A blue cotton bolero style waistcoat edged with wide black and blue brocade. PL and PR front edges are detailed with small copper discs. Each disc is attached bya loop of ten tiny glass beads of assorted colours.
- b) A piece of unhemmed, red cotton fabric tied into a head scarf. Numerous small imitation gold metal coins are hand sewn along the diagnal edges of the ties. Coins are embossed with illegible symbols.
- c) A long irregular shaped piece of unhemmed red cotton fabric used as a scarf. 56 small imitation gold metal coins are hand sewn midway along long top edge of scarf. Coins are embossed with illegible symbols.
- Width
- a) 43
- b) 26.5
- c) 36
- Length
- a) 36
- b) 46
- c) 153
- Units
- cm
- Material
- Cotton
- Copper
- Glass
- Metal
- Colour
- Light blue
- Black
- Copper
- Green
- Red
- Gold
- White
- Marks / Labels
- None
- Repository
- West Vancouver Art Museum