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Woven Souls
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Pair of Antique Kutch Hand fan with Glass bead embroidery

Glass beads are no longer popular and new pieces with this type of embroidery very small quantities albeit using plastic beads

Note the 'leheriya' frills in vegetable dye - leheriya is a type of tie-&-dye method,

native to Rajasthan, the neighbouring state of Gujarat, that results in diagnol stripes.

These hand fans are used by the women of the house, and therefore a fitted mirror is always a good idea!

The elements usually include auspicious symbols, plant & animal motifs seen in the region.

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