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- Title
- Phulkari (woman's head covering) with peacock designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Punjab
- Physical Description
- This is a red cloth covered with geometric patterns and abstract forms in the shape of peacocks. The designs and peacocks are multicolored and depicted in a repetitive format with the birds arranged in five columns and nine rows.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.57
- Medium and Support
- white, green, magenta, and indigo silk floss embroidery on madder-dyed cotton
- Style/Group/Movement
- tribal
- Title
- Phulkari Shawl with Stylized Floral Patterns arranged in 54 squares
- Artist
- India, Eastern Punjab
- Physical Description
- This piece of brick red cloth is covered with geometric patterns in tones of red, greenish yellow, white and orange. Along the top and bottom edges (if the piece were vertical) are border grids made up of 6 squares with triangular patterns of thread inside them. The main body of the phulkari is a 6 by 9 square grid, each box housing a stylized floral pattern made from embroidery.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.10
- Medium and Support
- silk embroidery on homespun cotton cloth
- Style/Group/Movement
- tribal