COSTUMES
India: Rajasthan, Jaipur, Jaipur
Turban (pagri -- man's)
1956
Plain weave; Resist dyed, bound resist
Cotton
1 yd. 35 in. x 1 yd. 10 1/2 in. (1.8 x 1.18 m) length overall
Elizabeth Bayley Willis Collection
TC 58.2-49

Bound resist turbans are called laheriya ("wave design"). The woven cloth is rolled into a coil, and sections to be resisted are tightly bound. These two pagris, rolled diagonally to produce a striped pattern, remain partially bound. -- Label copy for Courtyard, Bazaar, Temple: Traditions of Textile Expression in India, Belleuve Art Museum, June 12 to July 25, 1982.