Long fabric strip belt

Name/Title

Long fabric strip belt

Entry/Object ID

2023.3.263

Description

This piece is significant because reports from members of the Soda community have said that men and women together never appear in embroidered designs, and neither do women alone. The piece has a design of a man and woman holding hands

Acquisition

Accession

2023.3

Source or Donor

Vickie Elson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Vickie Elson

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Time Period

Mid-20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Rapar

Region

Gujarat

Country

India

Culture/Tribe

Sodha Rajput

Dimensions

Width

5.5 cm

Length

74 cm

Material

Cotton, Silk thread

Provenance

Notes

Gift of Vickie Elson. Donated to Tracing Patterns Foundation in 2023.