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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.
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013