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Description
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| MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton threads, mirrors and tassels. CONSTRUCTION: Hand stitches, embroidered: square chain, cretan, interlaced, double buttonhole. couched and romanian stitches. MOTIFS: Kali tak, popti, makodiyun, limbudi tak, jharmar, mokre, kagra tak, bandhkaanch, goltak, phuldi, sudo, vichhi, kothalia no gul. COLOURS : Multicoloured on cream, black and red. STYLE REMARKS: Typical of middle style from 1960-1980. Borders are conventional. Central motif kothaliya no gul is always used for bags. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Used by women to bring personal dowry items such as blouses CULTURAL REMARKS: This type of bag is used from Iran to Afghanistan to India. It has several names all of which are derieved from Persian word 'bagcho' It was replaced by a theli, a simple shopping bag, as a dowry item in 1970s. Gupchi Bags, Envelope |
Gupchi
-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.