1855~, Bikaner

1855~, Bikaner

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05845(IS)
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Ghaghra (skirt) made of gulbadan (striped) Punjabi silk, red with white stripes. A deep waistband of daryai (plain) green Punjabi silk. Embellished with large butas and flowers in gold gota (tinsel ribbon) applied over the body of the skirt, and finished with a deep hem of gota work over yellow and purple silk bands. Ezarband (drawstring) of green silk sprang finished with elaborate ends of metal-wrapped thread. Ghaghra (skirt), red silk with white stripes and a green silk waistband, embellished with large flowers and a deep hem of applied gold gota (tinsel ribbon), Bikaner, c.1855; Textiles; Women's Clothes