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Temple hanging (pecchavai)
Indian (Rajasthani)
18th century
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain-weave, painted
Dimensions
Overall: 146 x 83cm (57 1/2 x 32 11/16in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number31.196
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of cotton temple hanging (pecchavai) with depicition of adoration of Vishnu: Vishnu with goddess on each side and worshipping sages and deities under trees, with herdsmen and cows below, created by technique of painting and dyeing, combined with resists and mordants.
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA, April 16, 1931