Record 59/293 |
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Description
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| MATERIALS: Coton cloth, cotton threads, mirrors, rickrack, beads and tassels. CONSTRUCTION: Machine stitched, corners are lined, embroidered; square chain, cretan, interlaced, couched, back, buttonhole stitches. MOTIFS: Buttiwali thigadi, deri, ambo, limbudi tak, makodiyun, gol tak, mokre, chutto kaanch, kali tak jharmar, phulli and chaini. COLOURS : Multicoloured on Black and purple. STYLE REMARKS: The central medallion was traditional to Kachhi Rabari ludis. Opposite corners were matched in patterns but opposite in colours. This is typical of Rabari style. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Worn by young boys for ceremonial occasions. A plain rumal of the same cloth is worn by young Kachhi men, and sometimes by other Kutchi subgroups. Ahirs also wear the same print. CULTURAL REMARKS: The Rumal cloth is same as that worn by adult. Rumal, turban. |
Rumal
-Rabari Arts
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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.