Shoulder Cloth
ca. 1988 (made)
Not currently on display at the V&A
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| Place Of Origin |
Shoulder cloth or dupatta of plain tussar silk filled with scattered embroidered red cotton lozenges. Cotton pallav of plain red stripes and black stripes with weft ikat dyed decoration of flowers and fishes.
object details
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| Object Type | |
| Materials and Techniques | Embroidered silk with cotton, ikat dyed |
| Brief Description | Shoulder cloth or dupatta of embroidered and ikat dyed silk and cotton, Odisha, ca. 1988 |
| Physical Description | Shoulder cloth or dupatta of plain tussar silk filled with scattered embroidered red cotton lozenges. Cotton pallav of plain red stripes and black stripes with weft ikat dyed decoration of flowers and fishes. |
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| Object history | Acquired in Nuapatna in 1988. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Indian ikat textiles / Rosemary Crill. London: V&A Publications, 1998 Number: 1851772421p. 115, pl. 99 |
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| Accession Number | IS.3-1988 |
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| record created | June 25, 2009 |
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