Pouch of red fine woven cotton or linen embroidered in a chain stitch in soft floral-like motifs

Title
Pouch of red fine woven cotton or linen embroidered in a chain stitch in soft floral-like motifs
LC Subject
handbags
Designer
Rabari
Description
Pouch of red fine woven cotton or linen embroidered in a chain stitch in soft floral-like motifs in yellow-orange, blue, green, white, red, and black with mirror-work; woven green fabric at top with drawstring closure with pom-poms; bottom and side is embellished with colorful pom-poms.
Provenance
Source of acquisition: Department Purchase
Motif
Plant motifs Geometric Pinwheel star motifs
Work Type
pouches
Location
Pakistan
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
0000.015.028
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Cotton Silk Floss Mirrors
Technique
Hand-woven Embroidered Laid-work Mirror-work
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Rabari tribesman pouch bag. Record says that this is a brides-groom purse, called