Piece of ajrakh cloth - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 79264 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Gossypium sp | Entry Book Number | 2:2004 | |
| Artefact Name | Piece of ajrakh cloth | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Piece of ajrakh cloth | Geography Description | Gujarat, Kachchh district | ||
| Uses | Piece of ajrakh clothUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Khatri Ismail | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 01/04/2004 | Donor Notes | via Eiluned Edwards, via De Montford University | ||
| Collector | Edwards Eiluned | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Ismail Khatri is a block-printer and dyer who works primarily with natural dyes. His company is called Khatri M.S. & Co.x0Dx0AHe made this ajrakh (ajarakh), a prestigious cloth worn by the Muslim herders in Kachchh, printed and dyed in his workshop. It is a d, ouble-sided cotton textile, resist-printed using engraved wooden blocks and mordant-dyed - the colourants are chiefly synthetic indigo and madder.x0Dx0A | ||||