Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed text in bottom left corner reads: 'AATA Textiles / [in red Nagari script] Gajendra / BLEACHED DHOTY / 5652 / MEDIUM-A / finest quality / MADE IN INDIA / 127 Cms X 7M'. 'TEXMARK' logo beneath.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Production / use)
Dhoti worn by Girahya men and tied at waist.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
White cotton cloth wrap; Good; Whole.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Maya Unnithan in 1987.
Event Date 1987
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Fine white cotton material, with fine purple and yellow embroidered edges. Material still bears the printed marking of the manufacturer (in red and blue/purple), as well as two gold paper circular stickers next to the manufacturer's stamp.
Event Date 2/2/2005
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Dhoti. Large rectangular piece of white cotton, with interwoven band of vertical blue stripes close to each of the shortest ends, and a narrow interwoven border of small purple circles with yellow centres along both of the longest sides. Maker's stamps and text close to bottom left-hand corner, including two gold-coloured foil circles reading 'superior quality A.C. fabrics'. Rectangular section of what appears to be yellowish staining.
Event Date 15/2/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle