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Accession# MM-052
Artist Maru Meghval
Culture Maru Meghval
Description MATERIALS: Cotton Cloth, rayon threads.
CONSTRUCTION: Hand st., drawn work bound with Romanian stitches.
MOTIFS:
STYLE REMARKS: Khadli
CUTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Bride makes it for future groom, sent between engagement & wedding filled with supari,,surma,comb,mirror etc. to help groom prepare for marriage.
CULTURAL REMARKS: Style of bag widely used, names for it varies, from the Iranian word ''bagcho''.
Bugchi, Envelope bag.
Category Bags
Object Name Bagchi
Other Name Envelope bag
Sub-category Bags, Envelope
Search Terms Embroidery
Maru Meghval
Bagchi
Envelope bag
Kadli
Technique Embroidery : Maru Meghval Kadli
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013