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Khombi

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Accession# MSC-009a-c
Artist Bhanusali
Culture Bhanusali
Description MATERIALS: Cotton Handloom cloth.
CONSTRUCTION: Tie and dyed vegetable dyed.
MOTIFS: Border is simple lines of dots. Field has four dots alternating with one dot.
COLOURS : Maroon with yellow and green dots.
STYLE REMARKS:
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Field patterns of four dots alternating with one dot is common for skirts and odhanis in many communities.
CULTURAL REMARKS: Loom width fabric made to be stitched in centre. Traditionally odhanis were heavy fabric. This had been made into quilt.
Khombi, Skirt.
Category Clothing For Women
Object Name Khombi
Sub-category Veil
Provenance Barochad , ta. Abdasa, Kutch , Gujarat, India.
Search Terms Khombi
Clothing For Women
Veil
Bhanusali
Bandhani
Barochad, Abdasa, Kutch, Gujarat, India.
1950
Technique Bandhani
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013