| Accession# |
MSC-005 |
| Artist |
Marbatbai |
| Culture |
Mutava |
| Description |
MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton threads, beads and tassels.
CONSTRUCTION: Hand stitched, quilted. Lower panel is embroidered: square chain, interlaced stitches.
MOTIFS: Various shapes of intelacing called ' Guntan' by Mutavas.
COLOURS : Black, yellow, orange purple on maroon, black and white.
STYLE REMARKS: Fine interlacig is done is Sindh, Baluchistan and by the Mutavas; also perhaps in Afghanistan.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Used as a dowry bag. This shape of bag is used throughout Pakistan and Gujarat.
CULTURAL REMARKS: Mutavas paractice many different style of embroidery, such as pako, kharek, bavaliyun but their work is characteristically extremely fine. See also MSC-54.
Kothali, Bags. |
| Category |
Bags |
| Object Name |
Kothali |
| Other Name |
Dowry Bag |
| Sub-category |
Bags, Dowry |
| Provenance |
Godivale, ta. Bhuj , Kutch, Gujarat, India. |
| Search Terms |
Mutuva
Kothali
Haramji
Bavaliyo
Mutava
Godivala, bhuj, kutch, Gujarat, India.
1900 |
| Technique |
Embroidery : Mutava, Haramji, Bavaliyo |
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