Accession#	MSC-007
Artist	Khatri
Culture	Khatri
Description	MATERIALS: Cotton handloom vegetable dyes cloth. CONSTRUCTION: Hand block printed, resist dyes. MOTIFS: Irregular shaped dots and squares arranged in diagonal grid pattern. COLOURS : Maroon and black. STYLE REMARKS: Old pattern, perhaps used as underskirt. Originally these patterns were made by splattering mud on fabric. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: To be stitched together and gathered possibly as an underskirt. Each community had is its own patterns. CULTURAL REMARKS: This is not comlete skirt. It has been cut and used to make a quilt. Skirt.
Category	Clothing For Women
Object Name	Skirt
Sub-category	Skirt
Provenance	Bita , Kutch , Gujarat, India.
Search Terms	Khatri Bhanusali Clothing For Women Skirt Bita, Kutch, Guarat, India. 1950
Technique	Hand Block Print

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Last modified on: February 22, 2013