INDE
Beautiful thick red cotton toran-lined ornament to hang over the threshold. It features beaded decoration (yellow, brick-red, blue-green glass beads) on a background of white beads (36 x 107); auspicious motifs, flowers, birds, cows, elephants, swastikas, are symmetrically presented around the image of a deity flanked by two peacocks (four suspension loops on top). These decorations protect the house and are used for ceremonial occasions.
Gujarat, Kathi village, Patan, Western India.
N° 678