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Indian Gujarati, Kutch Saurashtra

Sari/Odhani, late 1800s-early 1900s

Description

Maker

Culture

Indian

Title

Sari/Odhani

Year

late 1800s-early 1900s

Medium

Silk, metallic-wrapped thread; satin weave, block-printed resist

Materials/Techniques

Materials

silk

Techniques

Dimensions

Length: 408.9 cm (161 inches)

Place

Kutch; Saurashtra

Type

Fashion,
Costume

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.302

Exhibition History

Kutch Quilts from South Asia

November 19, 2010 - April 17, 2011

This large silk veil is known as an odhani (a wrap). It owes its rich, deep color to indigo, used in the resist-dye process. Block-printed onto the liquid silk surface of the veil, the iconography of dancing figures, elephants, and peacocks—all symbolic of fertility—suggests this was worn for a wedding ceremony.

The Splendid Sari

February 25 - May 29, 2005

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