Native Name | Pichhwai |
Object Number | 29-96-69 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian | Vaishnavite | Hindu |
Provenience | India |
Period | 19th Century |
Date Made | Late 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Cotton | Wax | Paste | Mica | Metal |
Technique | Resist Dyed | Khari | Woven |
Iconography | Krishna | Shrinathji | Floral | Bird | Snake | Elephant | Fish |
Description | Ceremonial hanging of painted wax on cotton. Blue cotton painted with Hindu figures in panels and elaborate borders with fish and floral motifs. Hand-drawn resist-dyed cotton with applied adhesive overlaid with roghan mixed with metallic powders (such as ground mica or glitter). |
Length | 284 cm |
Width | 128 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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