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Head Cover

ca. 1871 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Gujarat (made)

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

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Hats & Headwear
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Head cover
Materials and techniques
Cotton, woven and tie-dyed
Cotton (Textile)
Woven
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.
Dimensions
  • Folded object length: 82cm
  • Folded object width: 68cm
Gallery label
(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
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)
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
Intended for use as a garment, headwear.
Subjects depicted
Figures
Birds
Plants
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
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
9109(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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