Sari

43-12-73B

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Sari | Baluchari sari
Object Number 43-12-73B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Period 19th Century
Date Made Mid to Late 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Silk
Technique Brocade | Dyed | Woven
Iconography Floral | Buta | Boteh | Bird | Peacock | Human Figure
Description

Wine-colored Baluchari sari made of silk brocaded with supplementary patterning wefts using a jacquard loom. Border all around; wide band at one end which includes conventionalized floral borders and seventy-two squares each showing a seated human figure holding a bird; crosswise bands of paired, facing cocks.

Length 440 cm
Width 111 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Frances E. (Harry) Markoe, 1943

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