Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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Research in Progress Pair of silver anklets. Five cartridge shapes, with decorative balls, on cord.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Close-set horizontal repeat of flowering sprays. Flower and leaf guard band at bottom with decorated guard strips. In purples, bright turqoise and green on a dark tan …


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Horizonal band of Mihrabs each enclosing a simple floral motif with narrow pearled borders and a continuous pearled baseline. Below is another pearl band off-setting the scrolling …


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Rectangle of fine muslin densely embroidered with field of stylized heads in brilliant vermillion and blue green silk floss. Deep end borders with row of stylized boteh. Traces visible of …


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Block for printing textiles with a design of writing. Contemporary picture hangers attached.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Length of dark red and sheer cotton with medium-scale rosettes and leaf forms in a diamond-shaped framework. Suggested by rectangles of dots, placed on four sides of …


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Fragment of block printed cotton in red, purple and dark green on yellow-green background. Allover pattern of stylized floral branch.