Record 31/208 Catalog Record Tharparkar Regional Arts Exhibit Page Home Search Image 2 of 3 Description  MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton threads & rayon thread, beads, sequins, mirrors,tassels. CONSTRUCTION: Hand St., embr : surface satin, double btt. hole, Romanian, back, cross, couched stitches. MOTIFS: Chaki, khadli golado, chalangi, laher. STYLE REMARKS: Suf: patterns & motifs are unusual. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Bride makes it for the future groom, sent between engagement & wedding, in exchange for ornaments, filled with supari, in wedding groom wears it with a small dagger. CULTURAL REMARKS: Elaborate tassels particular to this community, concept of batuvo prevalent in many communities of this region, shape varies. Purse.

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