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Woman's wrapper (sari)


Hamsa-Laksana Sari
Indian (Maharashtra)
17th–18th century
Object Place: Maharashtra, India

Medium/Technique Cotton plain weave with cotton and gold metallic discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts and tapestry woven pallu and borders
Dimensions Overall: 422 x 105cm (166 1/8 x 41 5/16in.)
Credit Line Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession Number27.169
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ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionSari with field of dark green/blue cotton plain weave with gold lattice with a circle at each intersection. Within the squares of the lattice there is a gold Chalukyan goose with a red eye carrying an "olive branch" in its beak (discontinuous supplementary wefts). Borders have green stripes but are predominantly a red and gold lozenge pattern. The pallu has a gold ground with red, green and silver tapestry woven palms, surrounded by a narrow border of red, green, blue and silver meandering vines, leaves and flowers (tapestry weave).
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA, March 3, 1927