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Description
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| MATERIALS: Cotton & metallic threads, beads, metal bells. CONSTRUCTION: Braided, beaded. MOTIFS: STYLE REMARKS: CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Worn braided into hair by young women especially at wedding. Among communities of the Thar Parkar there is a tradition of elaborately braiding hair, after treatin it with a solution of methi and sticky grass. CULTURAL REMARKS: Women also made braided ropes for kapadu, ghaghro ties by sprang technique. Konkni, Woman's hair ornament. |
Konkni
-Ornaments
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