Hanging

Toran, or door hanging, made of undyed cotton and embroidered with red, yellow, and green patterns of birds and flowers. In Rajasthan and Gujarat, torans are hung above doorways and shrines to welcome people and deities. Underneath the horizontal frieze, there is a row of eight tasseled pendants in conical shape. Shisha, the inlaid mirrors, form the birds’ eyes and the center of flowers; they act as evil eyes to deflect bad luck and ward off evil spirits.

The hanging is in the shape of a rectangle with pointed ends and embroidered with red, yellow and green birds and flowers. There is a black and white checked embroidered border with yellow embroidered bands at the top and bottom. There is a band of embroidered red, yellow and green triangles at top and bands of red, yellow and blue cotton at upper and lower edge. There are fifteen red, green, yellow and blue pendants (one modern replacement) decorated with mirrors and embroidered geometric and floral patterns with multicolored cloth tassels at ends of pendants.