Record 54/293 Catalog Record Rabari Arts Exhibit Page Home Search Image 1 of 8 Description  MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton threads, mirrors, buttons, beads and tassels. CONSTRUCTION: Hand and machine stitched, beadwork jali, embroidered: Square chain, cretan, interlaced, herringbone, detached chain and buttonhole filling stitches. MOTIFS: Kangri, makodiyun, limbudi tak, bawaliyun, kagda tak na dhabiya, phuli, tak bawaliyun, ardho dhabo, deri and kachbo phul. COLOURS : Multicoloured on black and red. on one side and orange on other. STYLE REMARKS: Dhebaria Rabari batuvo generally has pointed or three pointed end. Note that pockets face each other so that nothing falls out when it is closed. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: The batuvo is folded and tucked into the waist. It was used by both men and women at ceremonial occasions to carry tobacco, pan, change. CULTURAL REMARKS: Such pieces have not been in use since the early 1970's. Batuvo, Purse.

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