1855~, Gujarat

1855~, Gujarat

Identifier
4903(IS)
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Dimension
204 cm (length)
149 cm (width)
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Description

Copy Costume, silk; Textile Silk block-printed odhani. Printed in imitation of a bandhani, the silk used for this piece was imported from China. Made up of two pieces joined. This block-printed headscarf or odhani was printed in imitation of a bandhani, a tie-dyeing technique in which patterns are formed from arrangements of resist-dyed dots. The silk from which it is made comes from China, and at one end there are stock-taking inscriptions in Chinese.