| Accession# |
R-091 |
| Artist |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Culture |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Description |
MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton threads, mirrors and buttons.
CONSTRUCTION: Hand stitched, embroidered, square chain, cretan, interlaced, herringbone, fishbone, buttonhole filling, and romanian stitches.
MOTIFS: Sudo, popti, makodiyun, deri, butti, jharmar, tak bawaliyun and gotto.
COLOURS : Multicoloured on green, orange and black.
STYLE REMARKS: These motifs and colours are typical of middle period from 1960-1980.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Used to carry paan, bidis, tobacco and mudhvas particularly during festival times. Generally used by men.
CULTURAL REMARKS: Went out of use among Kachhi Rabaris by the late 1970's. |
| Category |
Bags |
| Object Name |
Batuvo |
| Other Name |
Purse |
| Sub-category |
Bags, Utilitarian |
| Search Terms |
purse
batuva
Kachhi Rabari
Kutch |
| Technique |
Embroidery :Rabari |
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