| Accession# |
R-037 |
| Artist |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Culture |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Description |
MATERIALS: Cotton, mashru and silk cloth, cotton and silk threads, mirrors and tassels.
CONSTRUCTION: Machine stitched, embroidered chain, herringbone, interlaced, cretan and back stitches.
MOTIFS: Popti, makodiyun, tak bawaliyun, kali tak jharmar and khajalo.
COLOURS : Multicoloured on red, black and white.
STYLE REMARKS: This is oldest style of Kachhi Rabari. The eight pointed star motif has different names. In toran it is called khajalo.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: The toran is used throughout western India as an auspicious welcoming. The simplest version is a string of auspicious leaves, here represented by the mashru ''leaves.''
CULTURAL REMARKS: Rabaris use a toran as part of a seven piece set that decorates the doorway and walls between outer and inner rooms of their house.
Toran, Doorway Decoration.
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| Category |
Household Decoration |
| Object Name |
Toran |
| Other Name |
Doorway Decoration |
| Sub-category |
DoorWays\decoration |
| Provenance |
Lakhmipar, Ta. Nakhtrana, Kutch, Gujarat , India. |
| Search Terms |
Toran
Doorway decoration
Kachhi Rabari |
| Technique |
Embroidery: Rabari |
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