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Accession# MM-048
Artist Maru Meghval
Culture Maru Meghval
Description MATERIALS: Cotton Cloth, Cotton threads, mirrors, tassels .
CONSTRUCTION: Hand st., patchwork, embr: interlaced, btt.hole, chain, double btt.hole, rope, Romanian, interlaced chain, running stitches.
MOTIFS: Circles, triangles.
STYLE REMARKS: Haramji
CULTURL SIGNIFICANCE: Used in anu to carry brides new clothes, mede by brides family.
CULTURAL REMARKS: Style of bag widely used, names for it vary, from the Iranian word ''bagcho''.
Bagchi, Bag.
Category Bags
Object Name Bagcho
Other Name Bag
Sub-category Bags, Envelope
Provenance Tharad, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
Search Terms Embroidery
Maru Meghval
Haramji
Bag
Bagcho
envelope bag
Technique Embroidery: Maru Meghval Haramji
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013