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MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton threads, cowries, mirrors, beads and tassels. CONSTRUCTION: Machine stitched, embroidered, square chain, cretan, buttonhole filling, herringbone and buttonhole. MOTIFS: Popti, limbudi tak, sudo and gotto. COLOURS : Multicoloured on black and red. STYLE REMARKS: Motifs are derieved from Mochi work but in middle period bolder and more abstract. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: The camel is the original source of Rabari livelihood and still culturally important. For ceremonial occasions, a camel was elaborately decorated with embroidered, appliqued and twined trappings. CULTURAL REMARKS: To be used with set of camel trappings. Gani, Camel necklace.
Gani -Rabari Arts -Copyright Statement
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013