Record 13/293 |
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Description
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| MATERIALS: Silk cloth, cotton and silk threads, beads, cowrie, tassels, mirrors. CONSTRUCTION: Hand stitched., embroidered , square chain, interlaced, cretan, buttonhole, detached chain, herringbone, stitches. MOTIFS: Deri, vanaphool, popti, makodiyun and kangri butti. COLOURS : Multicoloured on orange and green. STYLE REMARKS: The flowers show Mochi and Ahir influence. Fineness of work and elaborate detailing are typical of Dhebaria work. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Used by men, tied at the end and worn over a wrapped pachhedi, to carry money, usally for a ceremony such as a wedding. The name holo also means mongoose. The prototype money belt was a mongoose skin. CULTURAL REMARKS: The custom has long gone out of fashion. Nolo, Money belt. |
Nolo
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ~ When using this image, the credit information should be in the following format: Image courtesy of the Kala Raksha Museum.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ~ When using this image, the credit information should be in the following format: Image courtesy of the Kala Raksha Museum.