shawl, silk with hand-printed red motifs including symbol for Ram and Vishnu's feet; yellow plain weave cotton; width 1.12 m., length 2.26 m.
Collection place:
Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies