Old Beaded Batua Pouch for Jewelry - Gujarat
Museum Quality Artwork
Cylindrical beads used on the edge of the textile and fixed with round beads. Beads appear to be made of glass.
This traditional art is now no longer practiced. In my childhood I have played with door-screens made with rows of long
Fabric is Mashru or Masru that is brown silk on the inside and dark peach on the outside.
Soof Embroidery present
Acquired in the 1980s when I did not know the concept of "collecting textiles
20 cm tall x 33 cm at the widest point approximately
Has some ink marks & loose threads on the drawstring.