| Accession# |
R-016 |
| Artist |
Sitaben Lakshmanbhai |
| Culture |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Description |
MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton threads, mirrors, ties.
CONSTRUCTION: Machine stitched., embroidered, chain, interlaced, cretan, herringbone, fishbone, back stitches, detached chain.
MOTIFS: Popti, tak bawaliyun, makodiyun, ghodi goto.
COLOURS : Multicoloured on red with green.
STYLE REMARKS: The borders and ghodi goto with basics of old Rabari style.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: The camel is the original source of Rabari livelihood and still culturally important. For ceremonial occasions, a camel was elaborately decorated with embroidered, appliqued and twined trappings.
CULTURAL REMARKS: To be used with set of camel trappings.
Gudia pair, Camel leggings. |
| Category |
Animal Trappings |
| Object Name |
Gudia |
| Other Name |
Camel leggings |
| Sub-category |
Camel |
| Provenance |
Photadi, Ta.Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat , India |
| Search Terms |
Gudia pair
Kachhi Rabari
Camel leggings
Embroidery
Rabari
1955 |
| Technique |
Embroidery : Kachhi Rabari |
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