Textile Item Number: 3199/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Temple cloth. Textile has block printed patterns all over the surface. Background is pale purple-pink, with dense designs in deep purple. Images of deities, people engaged in various activities, crocodiles, bovines, birds, circular decals and a gramophone are spaced across most of the cloth. Edge decorations are lines of triangles, floral motifs, and chevrons.
Specific Techniques
Ferrous sulphate mordant technique used to fix the colour.
Item History
- Made by Vadilal Lakhmanbhai (Maker) in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India during 1996
- Owned by Dorothy Field before September 17, 2016
- Received from Dorothy Field (Donor) on September 17, 2016
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- 3199/5
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 150.0 cm, width 205.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Gujarati
- Creator
- Vadilal Lakhmanbhai (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Dorothy Field
- Received from
- Dorothy Field (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
When
- Creation Date
- during 1996
- Ownership Date
- before September 17, 2016
- Acquisition Date
- on September 17, 2016
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3199/0005