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Purchased from Alan Davidson when his Calgary import store, Terlingua, was liquidating its stock prior to closing.

History Of Use

Everyday use as a purse or small bag. Perhaps part of a dowry. In the ethnic communities of the Kutch desert in Guarat, India, and in the neighbouring Thar desert in Sindh province in Pakistan, embroidery is produced by women to decorate clothing for daily wear and ceremonial occasions, to embellish various utilitarian objects and objects used for home decor, as well as for dowries. Each community has its own distinctive style of embroidery.

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Embroidered, multi-coloured, flat, square envelope style bag or purse made by folding and stitching a square piece so that three of its corners meet in the centre, leaving the fourth corner free to form a flap. The seams are roughly sewn with yellow thread. The geometric embroidered designs are worked in white, black, blue and yellow silk floss on red, loosely-woven cotton textile. In addition to stitchery, the piece is embellished with mirrors.