Record 11/208 Catalog Record Tharparkar Regional Arts Exhibit Page Home Search Image 3 of 5 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.

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