Mirror cloth; yellow cotton cloth embroidered with silk thread, gable shaped, many colored, border, figure in center representing Ganesh flanked by two anthropomorphic acolytes and surrounded by birds, measures 52 cm. x 45 cm. (mirrors have fallen out)
Collection place:
Gujarat State, India
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Person depicted:
Ganesha (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama