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Trousers

ca. 1980s (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kutch (made)

Green cotton trousers with multi-coloured cotton embroidery. Very wide waist and tapering legs.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Embroidery
Object type
Trousers
Materials and techniques
Cotton, embroidered
Cotton
Embroidery
Brief description
Embroidered trousers, Ahir community, Kutch, ca. 1980s
Physical description
Green cotton trousers with multi-coloured cotton embroidery. Very wide waist and tapering legs.
Dimensions
  • Length: 61.5cm
  • At waist width: 125cm
Production
Embroidered trousers known as 'choyni', worn by Parauthariya Ahir boys. From Narappa village, Kutch, Gujarat
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.147-2007

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Record createdJune 12, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O136140/trousers-unknown/
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