COSTUMES
India: Gujarat, Surat, Surat
Hindu; Salvi caste; Anavil Brahman [?]
Sari fragment, patolu -- chhabadi bhat pattern (woman's)
19th century
Plain weave; Resist dyed, double ikat
Silk
21 x 19 in. (53 x 48 cm)
Elizabeth Bayley Willis Collection
TC 58.2-46
Keywords: Floral motifs; Geometric pattern; Bands; Stripes

This fragment is a corner section of the pallu, or decorative end of a sari, and the border, which runs the length of the sari along the selvedge ends. The patterning is extremely stylized. -- Label copy for Courtyard, Bazaar, Temple: Traditions of Textile Expression in India, Bellevue Art Museum, June 12 to July 25, 1982.