Towel "Gamosa" of white woven cotton with trim of red stripes on each side that intersect at the corners
- Title
- Towel "Gamosa" of white woven cotton with trim of red stripes on each side that intersect at the corners
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Description
- Towel "Gamosa" of white woven cotton with trim of red stripes on each side that intersect at the corners; one end has a 10 1/2" x 19" border of hand-brocaded pattern in red silk floss of star flowers encircling a geometric shape. Village women weave these towels in their spare time. Each household has its own loom. The towels are given as gifts to dignitaries.
- Motif
- Star flower Geometric Plaid Stripes
- Work Type
- towels
- Location
- Assam >> India
- Date
- 1901/2000
- Identifier
- 1991.010.003
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton: Silk Floss
- Technique
- Hand-loomed Plain weave Brocade Jacquard
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
