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Accession# MM-036
Artist Maru Meghval
Culture Maru Meghval
Description MATERIALS: Cotton cloth; cotton & metallic, silk threads, mirrors.
CONSTRUCTION: Machine st. ,embre:double runnnig,satin,double btt.hole,Romanian,couched,chain,cross stitches.
MOTIFS: Bevadi phali, Phali.
STYLE REMARKS: Kharek.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Bride makes it for future groom, sent between engagement & wedding, in exchange for ornaments filled with supari etc., in wedding groom wears it with a small dagger.
CULTURAL REMARKS: Elaborate tassels particular to this community, concept of batuvo prevalent in many communities of this region, shape varies.
Purse.
Category Bags
Object Name Batuvo
Other Name Purse
Sub-category Bags, Utilitarian
Provenance Sumrasar, Ta.Bhuj, Kutch ,Gujarat ,India.
Search Terms Embroidery
Maru Meghval
Mod
Kungari
Circle
kharek
Bevadi
Batuvo
Purse
Technique Embroidery:Kharek
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013