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Description
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| MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, rayon, acrylic, metallic threads, mirrors, beads, tassels, sequins. CONSTRUCTION: Hand st., embr:double running, satin, cross, interlaced, double btt. hole, Cretan, chain, couched stitches. MOTIFS: Phali. STYLE REMARKS: Kharek. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Bride makes it for her future groom between engagement & wedding in exchange of ornaments, filled with comb, mirror, surma, supari etc., to help the groom prepare for marriage. CULTURAL REMARKS: Style of bag widely used, names for it vary, from the Iranian word ''bagcho''. Bagchi, Envelope bag. |
Bagchi
-Tharparkar Regional Arts
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ~ When using this image, the credit information should be in the following format: Image courtesy of the Kala Raksha Museum.