Odhani or Bandhani (Veil worn over Head)
early 1900s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Odhani or Bandhani (Veil worn over Head), early 1900s. Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh. Silk, tie-dyed (but not ironed flat) and embroidered with polychrome silk and flat strips of silver plaited with silk thread; overall: 144.8 x 111.8 cm (57 x 44 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1925.513
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- silk, tie-dyed (but not ironed flat) and embroidered with polychrome silk and flat strips of silver plaited with silk thread
- Medium
- silk, tie-dyed, ironed, flat, embroidered, polychrome, strips, silver, plaited, thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 144.8 x 111.8 cm (57 x 44 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1925.513
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Needles, Dye-Pots, and Looms: Textile Traditions in India, Resist Dyed Textiles from India, Indonesia and Cambodia
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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