Phulkar Bagh (Pillars)

NameShawl

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date20th century

Place madePunjab, India, South Asia, Asia

MediumCotton, silk, natural dyes

Dimensions95 11/16 × 46 7/16 in. (243 × 118 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Nora Fisher, from the Ronald Harvey Goodman collection, A.2016.87.1

Object numberA.2016.87.1

Collections

Asia

DescriptionLarge, fully embroidered shawl with two Punjabi inscriptions lower left, formed of two panels sewn together lengthwise. Golden brown ground cloth embroidered with multiple large triangular elements at short edges and smaller triangular elements along the long sides. Embroidered in shades of gold and orange, with pale green, hot pink and white. The center is composed of horizontal bands of orange alternating with repeated small rectangular blocks in the same accent colors.