Handkerchief
48-29-267
From: India | Andhra Pradesh
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 48-29-267 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India | Andhra Pradesh |
| Period | 20th Century |
| Date Made | 20th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Block Printed | Mordant Dyed | Resist Dyed | Woven |
| Iconography | Floral | Tiger | Bird | Peacock |
| Description | Block-printed, mordant- and resist-dyed (pedana kalamkari) handkerchief from Pedana, Krishna Distrct, Andhra Pradesh. Rectangular center, red ground: in black and white, stylized peacock within roundel, a peacock in each corner. Borders, red and black on white ground; inner, conventionalized running flower and leaf motive; outer, large tigers passant. |
| Height | 88 cm |
| Width | 95 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Presbyterian Board of Missions, 1948 |
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