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Cover with Monkey God (rumal)
Indian (Himachal Pradesh)
18th century
Object Place: Punjab, India
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain-weave embroidered with silk and flat wire
Dimensions
Overall: 74 x 99cm (29 1/8 x 39in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1983.320
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSmall natural plain-weave cotton cover (rumal) embroidered with silk yarn and flat wire depicting Hanuman, the monkey god, a prominent figure in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. He carries mace (gada), his traditional attribute. He leaps from one mountain of herbs to the warrior god Rama. Background of stylized plants, trees, floral border.
ProvenancePurchased from Lisbet Holmes Textiles, 14 Noel Road, Islington, London, by MFA on September 14, 1983