Individual textiles and textile types»Daily and general garments and textiles»Banjara Woman's Neck Cover
Embroidered neck cover from among Banjras in central India.
© The Trustees of the British Museum, acc. no. As1991,18.70.
The British Museum in London houses a woman's neck cover that is made of cotton and decorated with embroidery (long and short stitch), cowrie shells and pompoms made of silk. It is attributed to Banjaras from central India. The neck cover measures 30 by 23 cm. The object was acquired in 1991.
This type of garment forms part of a woman's headdress, and is worn together with a large ring on top of the head and several smaller pieces of embroidered cloth.
Source: PAINE, Sheila (2001). Embroidery from India and Pakistan, University of Washington Press, p. 33.
British Museum online catalogue (retrieved 9 January 2017).
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