Wide-Legged man's pants

NamePants

CultureBakhtiari

Date1973-1975

Place madeDezful, Khuzestan, Iran, South Asia, Asia

MediumCotton, plastic

Dimensions38 3/16 × 13 3/8 in. (97 × 34 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Luba Staller, A.2015.34.2

Object numberA.2015.34.2

ProvenanceCommissioned by donor from traditional vendors in the Bazaar in Dezful, Iran (Khuzestan area); Luba Staller grew up in Woodstock, NY. Because of her husband’s involvement in agriculture, she has lived most of her adult life in California. In 1973, they moved as a family (two daughters, one son) to Iran while he worked for an agricultural development bank. They stayed for two years in the town of Dezful (Khuzestan Province) and then two years in Tehran where she volunteered at the ethnological museum. While in Dezful, Luba spent a lot of time at the town’s bazaar where she bought a complete Bakhtiari man’s outfit, now offered to the museum.

DescriptionMade of shiny black cotton (imported from England), these wide legged pants are pleated at the waist. The waist band is machine quilted with inner facings. There are four inverted triangle shaped belt loops and three plastic buttons at the side opening. The hems have wide cuffs.