961 Vintage Rabari Embroidery from Kutch Gujarat - Chaakla Pair design_inscription including the Dusun and Maloh

including the Dusun and Maloh (Sabah is located at the northernmost tip of Borneo)

Hindus have four important pilgrimage spots -known as 'Chaar Dhaam' that a devout Hindu ought to visit during his lifetime

Borneo Beaded skirt - powerful spirit motif

235 cm x 154 cm

Embroidery done on a cotton base

961 Vintage Rabari Embroidery from Kutch Gujarat - Chaakla Pair design_inscription including the Dusun and MalohSuperbly Embroidered Chaaklas, Chaakdas or square decorative patches Used as wall art in traditional Rabari homes Cotton base and most probably all cotton threads. Superbly executed extremely dense embroidery that at first glance could be mistaken for applique or rope work Such fine work is no longer made. Artworks of this quality were usually given as dowry. Rabari Tribe Kutch, India Estimated to be from the 1970s Each is about 22inches x 22inches in