Sari

Warp-faced plain-weave cotton sari with green warp and light pink weft, loosely woven. Fine pink and green threads giving "changeable" effect and transparency. Borders and end piece (pallu) brocaded with stylized floral sprays and stripes in white cotton. Field brocaded with small diamonds in kalabattun (silver gilt-wrapped yellow thread - metal mostly gone). Borders and end piece brocaded with stylized floral sprays and stripes in white cotton, the whole seme with small motives in metal-wrapped thread (metal mostly gone). According to Dr. Sekhar, a woman's sari usually measures from 14 to 18 cubits in length, a man's dhoti 10 cubits. A cubit equals about 18 inches and is measured in India from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. This sari: 11 cubits by 2 and 1/3 cubits.