| Accession# |
R-059 |
| Artist |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Culture |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Description |
MATERIALS: Coton cloth, cotton threads, mirrors, rickrack, beads and tassels.
CONSTRUCTION: Machine stitched, corners are lined, embroidered; square chain, cretan, interlaced, couched, back, buttonhole stitches.
MOTIFS: Buttiwali thigadi, deri, ambo, limbudi tak, makodiyun, gol tak, mokre, chutto kaanch, kali tak jharmar, phulli and chaini.
COLOURS : Multicoloured on Black and purple.
STYLE REMARKS: The central medallion was traditional to Kachhi Rabari ludis. Opposite corners were matched in patterns but opposite in colours. This is typical of Rabari style.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Worn by young boys for ceremonial occasions. A plain rumal of the same cloth is worn by young Kachhi men, and sometimes by other Kutchi subgroups. Ahirs also wear the same print.
CULTURAL REMARKS: The Rumal cloth is same as that worn by adult.
Rumal, turban. |
| Category |
Clothing For Men |
| Object Name |
Rumal |
| Other Name |
turban |
| Sub-category |
Headwear |
| Provenance |
Devpar, Ta. Mandavi, Kutch, Gujarat, India |
| Search Terms |
Turban
Rumal
Kachhi Rabari
Devpar |
| Technique |
Batik, Embroidery :Kachhi Rabari |
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