Skirt
43-12-60
From: India | Gujarat (uncertain) | Rajasthan (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Ghagra |
| Object Number | 43-12-60 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India | Gujarat (uncertain) | Rajasthan (uncertain) |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Date Made | Mid to Late19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered | Dyed | Woven |
| Iconography | Floral | Peacock | Parakeet | Bird |
| Description | This is a typical design for mochi bharat ghagra of Kutch. Silk satin (gajji) ground may be from China. Embroidered design has been drawn on first. Some blue stitching is missing in the bodies of both the peacocks and the parakeets in the border. This chain-stitch technique is done with a small hooked needle called an ari (or aari). Rose embroidered in yellow, green, white, blue, black and rose in alternately stylized birds and triple floral motif. Along one long side is a band of discs between birds. |
| Height | 0 cm |
| Length | 203.2 cm |
| Width | 68.58 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Mrs. Frances E. (Harry) Markoe, 1943 |
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