| Accession# |
R-093 |
| Artist |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Culture |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Description |
MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton threads and silk threads.
CONSTRUCTION: Machine stitched, embroidered, square chain, detached chain, buttonhole filling, interlaced and running stitches.
MOTIFS: Popti, makodiyun, deri, sudo, butti, ambo and bawaliyun.
COLOURS : Multicoloured on orange and green.
STYLKE REMARKS: This is transitional piece. Earlier Rabari work used fine chain stitch. In this piece work is almost entirely dependent on chain stitch. Motifs are traditional See R-92 however in this piece the ends are also embroidered and colours are contemporary.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: The bokani is a desert garment, worn over a man's chin, turban, and ears (hence the name, in Sindhi ''bo (two) kan (ears).'' It was traditionally worn by a young groom to protect his tender face and valuable earrings from desert winds.
CULTURAL REMARKS: Edges had been decorated with either cowries or bells or tassels which were removed when the piece was sold. Note that bokanis tradtionally did not have mirrors.
Bokani, Groom's cloth. |
| Category |
Clothing For Men |
| Object Name |
Bokani |
| Other Name |
Man's ceremonial scarf |
| Sub-category |
Scarf |
| Provenance |
Viyar, Ta. Nakhatrana, kutch, Gujarat, India. |
| Search Terms |
Bokani
Groom's cloth
Kachhi Rabari
Kutch |
| Technique |
Embroidery :Rabari |
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