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MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton & rayon threads, miorrors, sequins, beads. CONSTRUCTION: Hand st., embr : double running, satin, Cretan, chain, interlaced, couched, square chain, double btt. hole, cross, Romanian stitches. MOTIFS: Chokdi, phali, gul, bevdi kharek, mor, pako-gul. STYLE REMARKS: Kharek, pako. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Used above the door for auspicious occassions. CULTURAL REMARKS: Bias edging ''toi'' is typical of tharparkar region. Toran, Doorway decoration.
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013