Cloth for woman's veil (Telia dupatta) or man's waist wrap (Telia lungi)

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Cloth for woman's veil (Telia dupatta) or man's waist wrap (Telia lungi)

India (Andhra Pradesh)LinkedCulture matchlcp-e84f00141d5d

Date
late 19th–early 20th century
Medium
Cotton, double ikat (Telia cloth)
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
100989

This cotton ikat fabric is from an unused stockpile of similar telia cloth - so-called because the traditional dyeing process involved treating the threads with sesame oil ( tel ). Produced in the southeast Indian coastal town of Chirala, telia cloth found a ready market in Hyderabad, the area's main trade center. The fabric, often decorated with white embroidery, made an attractive head covering for women. Men wore it plain as a waist wrap. Asia

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Gift of Richard L. Simmons in memory of Roberta Grodberg Simmons

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