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Accession# MM-050
Artist Maru Meghval
Culture Maru Meghval
Description MATERIALS: Cotton Cloth, Cotton threads, tassels .
CONSTRUCTION: Embr : satin , double btt. hole, cross, back, interlaced , Romanian stitches, rope, hand finished with rope stitch.
MOTIFS: Chaki, mod, mor, dhinglo, jaduko.
STYLE REMARKS: Astar(double) suf.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Wrapped around turban and chin of groom in the wedding procession, given by brides family.
CULTURAL REMARKS: Pattern of mod-tree-mor is traditional to bukani, used by many communities from Sindh., colour is particular to dhat.
Bukani, Groom's scarf.
Category Clothing For Men
Object Name Bokani
Other Name Man's ceremonial scarf
Sub-category Scarf
Provenance Dhat, Sindh, Pakistan.
Search Terms Bukani
Groom's scarf
Embroidery
Maru Meghval
Suf
Chaki
Mod
Mor
Dhinglo
jaduko
Technique Embroidery : Suf
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013