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MATERIALS: Mashru and Cotton cloth, cotton and silk threads, beads, buttons, tassels and mirrors. CONSTRUCTION: Hand stitched, embroidered, square chain, cretan, buttonhole filling, herringbone, detached chain and interlaced stitches. MOTIFS: Popti, ghodi goitto, sudo and makodiyun. COLOURS : Multicoloured on Orange . STYLE REMARKS: Sudo and gotto are derieved from Mochi embroidery. Note that hindoni and mirror are done with two different technique. 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 other camel trappings. Unt no Punchodo. Camel.
Unt no Punchodo -Rabari Arts -Copyright Statement
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013