| Accession# |
R-084 |
| Artist |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Culture |
Kachhi Rabari |
| Description |
MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, cotton threads, sequins, buttons, brocades and mirrors.
CONSTRUCTION:Hand and machine stitched, applique, embroidered, interlaced, cretan, buttonhole, fly stitches.
MOTIFS: Kali tak, makodiyun, aambo, mokre, and sudo.
COLOURS :Multicoloured on black.
STYLE REMARKS: Applique is not usually used in a theli. The technique is sometimes used just for fashion. Generally interlaced stitches are used to accent applique work.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: The theli is used by most embroidering communities of Kutch. It is a sort of status symbol to bring a deco0rated bag to town for shopping. The style announces the user's identity.
CULTURAL REMARKS: This kind of pleated edging is typical of all types of thelis.
Theli, shopping bag. |
| Category |
Bags |
| Object Name |
Theli |
| Other Name |
shopping bag |
| Sub-category |
Bags, Utilitarian |
| Provenance |
Ganeshnagar , Bhuj, kutch, Gujarat, India. |
| Search Terms |
Theli
Shopping bag
Kachhi Rabari
Kutch
Embroidery
applique |
| Technique |
Applique, Embroidery :Rabari |
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