Textile
mid 19th century (made)
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This remarkable turban-cloth ('pag') has been woven with double threads of red and green silk, which are woven together to give a shot effect ('dhup-chaon' or 'light and shade') until the final section of the fabric, when the two sets of colors are woven separately to produce double ends of single colors. 'Lungi' is a term which can be applied to both waistcloths and turbans depending on the locality, but in Punjab refers only to waistcloths, while a turban is call 'pag'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk with gold-wrapped silk thread |
| Brief description | Turban-cloth of red and green silk with gold-wrapped thread, Pakistan, mid 19th century. |
| Physical description | This remarkable turban-cloth ('pag') has been woven with double threads of red and green silk, which are woven together to give a shot effect ('dhup-chaon' or 'light and shade') until the final section of the fabric, when the two sets of colors are woven separately to produce double ends of single colors. 'Lungi' is a term which can be applied to both waistcloths and turbans depending on the locality, but in Punjab refers only to waistcloths, while a turban is call 'pag'. |
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| 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.94, pl. 149 |
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| Accession number | 5931(IS) |
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| Record created | November 11, 2002 |
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