Collection place: Gujarat State, India / Donor: Susan Jamart / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Toy cot, accession number 9-14895, described as Toy cot (charpai: "four feet"): Wood frame with four red lacquered and turned legs; bed of cot is pink, yellow, and green dyed possibly jute fiber in cross-weaving with distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side; over and under appearances. height: 8.6cm. length: 21.5cm. width: 16.5cm. Context: toy. miniature of traditional cot. See 9-14896ab for crochet hooks. Collector's note: "The cross-woven charpai filling is done by a crochet technique using two hooks, one for each side. This is the only technique for cross weaving she has seen in India. it always produces a distinctive row of braid-like effect just inside the frame on the top side. Most of the tension is held in this row. Always worked in a loop of two strands width." IMA full size charpai (different weave 9-11488).