The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 30, 2023

Odhani or Bandhani (Veil worn over Head)

early 1900s

Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh

Silk, tie-dyed (but not ironed flat) and embroidered with polychrome silk and flat strips of silver plaited with silk thread

Overall: 144.8 x 111.8 cm (57 x 44 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1925.513

Location

not on view

Provenance
(A. K. Coomaraswamy).
Exhibition history

Needles, Dye-Pots, and Looms: Textile Traditions in India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15, 1985-May 11, 1986).

Resist Dyed Textiles from India, Indonesia and Cambodia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22, 1993-March 27, 1995).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1925.513