Textile
88-16-37
From: India | Rajasthan | Bagru
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 88-16-37 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India | Rajasthan | Bagru |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Date Made | Mid to Late 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Block Printed | Mud Resist | Resist Dyed | Mordant Dyed | Woven |
| Iconography | Floral | Butti |
| Description | For Kagra, to be worn only by a woman. Cotton. Purple background covered with small individual red flowers. The weave structure is a 1/2 warp-faced S twill. The size of the block looks to be approximately L: 8 cm W: 10 cm. Note that the resist areas have a pinkish hue—may be from the red colorant bleeding in the wash, or the fabric may have been dyed pink prior to the resist block being applied. |
| Length | 422 cm |
| Width | 72.39 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1988 |
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