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Shaffron

ca. 1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shaffron or head-covering for a horse of embroidered cotton. Square of blue cotton backed with cotton, and with two circular holes for the ears. Covered with circular mirrors, surrounded with red button-hole stitch and couching stitch. There are concentric rings of embroidery around the ear-holes in yellow, pink and green. One small patch of noormitch embroidery in green near the centre. One half of the square is edged with tassels with cowrie shells also attached for luck.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Embroidered cotton, backed with cotton, cowrie shells, mirrors
Brief description
Shaffron or head-covering for a horse of embroidered cotton, Sindh, Pakistan, ca. 1950
Physical description
Shaffron or head-covering for a horse of embroidered cotton. Square of blue cotton backed with cotton, and with two circular holes for the ears. Covered with circular mirrors, surrounded with red button-hole stitch and couching stitch. There are concentric rings of embroidery around the ear-holes in yellow, pink and green. One small patch of noormitch embroidery in green near the centre. One half of the square is edged with tassels with cowrie shells also attached for luck.
Dimensions
  • Length: 44cm
  • Including fringe width: 40cm
Credit line
Collection of the late Mr Justice Feroze Nana, given to the V&A by his widow and children
Collection
Accession number
IS.26-1981

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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