Beadwork Frieze
1850-1899 (made)
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Beadwork (Pachipati) frieze with appliqued cotton. Long horizontal strip of beadwork with motifs including human figures, birds and animals, buildings, trees and plants. Worked in small beads of amber, red, blue and green glass against a background of beads of white glass. Surrounded by a border of red cotton with an applied motif of a blue stem and a three-petalled flowerhead in white, green and yellow cotton, and guard borders of white and yellow cotton.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glass beadwork and applied cotton |
| Brief description | Beadwork (Pachipati) frieze with appliqued cotton, Kathiawar, 1850-1899 |
| Physical description | Beadwork (Pachipati) frieze with appliqued cotton. Long horizontal strip of beadwork with motifs including human figures, birds and animals, buildings, trees and plants. Worked in small beads of amber, red, blue and green glass against a background of beads of white glass. Surrounded by a border of red cotton with an applied motif of a blue stem and a three-petalled flowerhead in white, green and yellow cotton, and guard borders of white and yellow cotton. |
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| Accession number | IS.60-1981 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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