Head Cover
ca. 1871 (made)
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Tie-dyed head cloth (odhani), still tied up after final dye bath. Featuring a design of figures, birds and plants, predominantly red with frills added on two sides.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton, woven and tie-dyed |
| Brief description | Textile, tie-dyed head cover, Gujarat, ca. 1871. |
| Physical description | Tie-dyed head cloth (odhani), still tied up after final dye bath. Featuring a design of figures, birds and plants, predominantly red with frills added on two sides. |
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| Gallery label | BANDHANI TIE-DYEING
Bandhani (from Hindi bandhana: to tie) creates designs made up of dots. The dyer pinches a small area of cloth and tightly wraps waxed thread around it, so that it remains undyed when the cloth is immersed in the dye-bath. The most intricate bandhani comes from Gujarat, but simpler versions of the technique are found in many parts
of India.
Sari
Tie-dyed silk with gilded metal threads
Gujarat, probably Jamnagar, 1900–20
V&A: IS.205-1960
Head-cover (odhni)
Tie-dyed cotton, still partially tied up after its
final dye-bath
Gujarat, about 1870
V&A: 9109 (IS)(03/10/2015-10/01/2016) |
| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. |
| Historical context | Intended for use as a garment, headwear. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Tie-dyed textiles of India : tradition and trade / Veronica Murphy and Rosemary Crill. London: Victoria and Albert Museum :in association with Mapin Publishing, 1991 Number: 0944142303
p. 17, ill. fig 14 and p. 35, cat. no. 5 |
| Other number | 11957 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9109(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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