Phulkari Chadar
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: Government Of India
notes: label: Notes
content: PHULKARI TYPE OF CHADAR (LARGE SIZE TEXTILE USED AS A VEIL, SHAWL, OR BED COVER). ACCORDING TO CURATOR, MAY BE LATE 19TH CENTURY. BASE FABRIC IS MADE OF THREE STRIPS SEWN TOGETHER. WARP AND WEFT ARE HAND SPUN, Z-SPUN COTTON, DYED BROWN. BALANCED PLAIN WEAVE. HAND EMBROIDERY DONE IN 'PAT' (UNSPUN SILK THREAD) DYED ORANGE, BRIGHT MAGENTA, WHITE, AND GREEN. GREEN IS FADED TO DULL YELLOW. SATIN AND CROSS STITCHED IN GEOMETRIC PATTERN WITH STYLIZED FLOWERS. CROSS STITCHED INNER BORDER, STYLIZED FLOWERS IN OUTER BORDER, AND SELVAGES FINISHED IN BLANET STITCH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Mar 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Punjab, India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387090
label: USNM Number
content: E430435-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shawl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 231 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 128 cm