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Accession# MM-031
Artist Maru Meghval
Culture Maru Meghval
Description MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton & rayon thread, mirrors.
CONSTRUCTION: Drawn work, embr : satin, double running,romanian, interlaced, double btt.hole, couched.
MOTIFS: Bevdi phali
STYLE REMARKS: Kharek
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Bride makes it for the future groom, sent between engagement and wedding in exchange of ornaments, filled with comb, mirror, surma to help groom prepare for marriage.
CULTURLA REMARKS: Style of bag widely used, names for it vary, from the Iranian word ''bagcho''.
Bagchi, Envelope bag.
Category Bags
Object Name Bagchi
Other Name Envelope bag
Sub-category Bags, Envelope
Provenance Pragpur II, Ta.Mundra,Kutch , Gujarat ,India.
Search Terms Bagchi
Embroidery
Maru Meghval
Kharek
Envelope bag
Bevdi phali
Kadli
Technique Embroidery :Kharek, Kadli
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013