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Boy's Tunic

early 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Sindh (made)

Boy's tunic (angrakho) of embroidered cotton with silks and applied mirrors. Embroidered in button-hole stitch and filling stitch (stitch count) in purple, green and orange.

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Object details

Categories
Children's Clothes
Embroidery
Textiles
Object type
Boy's tunic
Materials and techniques
Embroidered cotton with silks, applied mirrors
Cotton
Silk Thread
Embroidering
Brief description
Boy's tunic (angrakho) of embroidered cotton with silks, Sindh, early 20th century.
Physical description
Boy's tunic (angrakho) of embroidered cotton with silks and applied mirrors. Embroidered in button-hole stitch and filling stitch (stitch count) in purple, green and orange.
Dimensions
  • Length: 66cm
  • Across sleeves width: 87cm
Credit line
Collection of the late Mr Justice Feroze Nana, given to the V&A by his widow and children
Object history
This embroidered tunic (angrakho) would be worn by a young boy of the Rabari community of Hindu pastoralists.
Production
Rabari group, probably Matli, Badin Larh
Bibliographic references
  • Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443 p.35, pl. 47
  • Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993. p. 121, cat. no. 105
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.18-1981

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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