Item Description

The item you just saw is an extraordinary, single of its kind, New Genuine Old and Rare Handmade Bead Embroidered Tapestry. This very fine and intricate embroidery is popularly known as 'Moti Bharat'. This bead work of Saurashtra is a ritual oriented craft and plays an important role in the life of women. Various articles like, Purse, cap, toran. play articles, cradle decoration, showpieces, Indhonis, mangal kalash, and nariyal, torans, were made of multicolored beads and still are essential in every Gujarati marriage ceremony and in every Gujarati homes. This form of Bead craft started somewhere in the 19th century. It was the exclusive art of Cobblers then, but later women from other communities too became master in this art. Stylized human figures, geometrical designs, glimpses of daily life, horse and camel riders, elephant with haudha, horse with carriage, the famous love legend of local hero Dhola and his lover Maru are the designs that were repeatedly used are prepared by Moti Bhat.