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Accession# MM-011
Artist Maru Meghval
Culture Maru Meghval
Description MATERIALS: Rayon cloth, rayon threads.
CONSTRUCTION: Embr : surface satin st.
MOTIFS: Mor, golado, jhad, chaki, laher, lathni chokdi, shisho.
STYLE REMARKS: Suf-new patterns, and use of only primary stitchaccent stitches discarded.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: This piece is a product of post migration. The cloth was given to rerugees in camps by the government of India, Primarily to be used as dhotis, the motifs also shows changes after migration and trend to commercialization.
CULTURAL REMARKS: Cut from fully embr. piece-probably odhani/abochani or ghaghro. As these pieces rarely survive, it is valuable.
Ghagharo pati, Woman's Skirt border.
Category Clothing For Women
Object Name Ghagharo pati
Other Name Woman's Skirt border
Sub-category Skirt border
Provenance Tharad , Banaskantha , Gujarat ,India
Search Terms Ghaghro pati
Embroidery
Maru Meghval
Suf
Woman's Skirt border
Mor
golado
jhad
chaki
laher
shisho
1972
Technique Embroidery: Suf
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