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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