Shawl
mid-20th century (made)
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Cotton shawl ('abochhini' or wedding shawl) embroidered with floss silks. Embroidered in double chain-stitch in three shades of red with green, purple and brown, on a natural cotton ground, with a design of tree and flower motifs. With mirrors on cotton.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered cotton with floss silks, mirrors |
| Brief description | Cotton shawl ('abochhini' or wedding shawl) embroidered with floss silks, Sindh, Pakistan, mid-20th century. |
| Physical description | Cotton shawl ('abochhini' or wedding shawl) embroidered with floss silks. Embroidered in double chain-stitch in three shades of red with green, purple and brown, on a natural cotton ground, with a design of tree and flower motifs. With mirrors on cotton. |
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| Credit line | Collection of the late Mr Justice Feroze Nana, given to the V&A by his widow and children |
| Object history | This 'abochhini' or wedding shawl from a Muslim farming group, illustrates the style and distribution of embroidered floral motifs seen on wedding shawls of the Indus delta and desert region. |
| Production | Sammat group, Jhudo or Mohrana, border of Badin and Tharaparkar |
| Bibliographic reference | 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. 25 - 26, pl. 29 |
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| Accession number | IS.9-1981 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2002 |
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