NATIONAL COLLECTION X MUSEUM MARTKET SHOPPER Color:SARI

NATIONAL COLLECTION X MUSEUM MARTKET SHOPPER Color:SARI62 x 35 cm SARI India, 20th Century Textile Collection of Asian Civilisations Museum 2009 01600 The garo or gara is a sari decorated with Indo Chinese Embroidery. It is strongly identified with women of the Parsi community. Parsis are followers of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest religions in the world. They migrated to India from Central Asia between the 8th and 10th centuries. By the late 18th and 19th centuries, Parsis were instrumental in

The decoration features large floral bouquets with butterflies and birds

according to the time of day and occasion

Late 19th-early 20th Century

Wipe dry with a cloth and avoid abrasive cleaners

TELIA RUMAL SARI

MALAY BATIK SARONG

allowing its wearer to enjoy a tighter fit

Parsi children wear a richly embroidered tunic or jhabla

The artwork celebrates the tiger and its right to roam freely in the jungle

this catalogue explores how the urban environment has shaped the material and cultural basis for Goh's artmaking from the 1950s to the 1990s

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