Temple Cloth
MOA: University of British Columbia
3515/1
Temple cloth with series of block printed images across length. Scenes are divided by bands filled with chevrons. Central panel depicts Ganesh with a row of flowers overtop. Left panel consists of two worshippers, right side has a two-headed goat. Throughout scenes on left and right sides are trees, birds and fish motifs. Cloth has a black backing with loops along the top edge, for hanging purposes.
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Specific Techniques
Black mordant is used.
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Narrative
Collected by the donor in 1984 or 1988.
- Type of Item cloth
- Culture Indian
- Material cotton fibre, dye
- Measurements height 36.9 cm, width 100.0 cm (overall)
- Creator Vadilal Lakhmanbhai
- Previous Owner Dorothy Field
- Received from Dorothy Field
- Made in Ahmadabad
- Creation Date between 1984 and 1988
- Ownership Date before August 3, 2021
- Acquisition Date on August 3, 2021
- Item Classes textiles
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3515/0001