9 cm tying string 29 cm Medium: silk, gilt metal A red and green Banaras brocade skirt, stitched together from thirty four conical panels and gathered at the waist. Shikargarh Brocade Skirt Unknown 20th century Dimensions: L. With pioneering innovations and an early mastery over complex techniques, artisans from the region – distinguished for their excellence – catered to the world for centuries, and through historic trade, their work has helped shape the world both aesthetically and politically. South Asian textiles embody rich histories that highlight relationships across vast regions. Derived from the terms Pichh (back) and Wai (hanging), Pichwais are painted textiles used as backdrops, wall coverings and ceiling canopies in temples to celebrate events and festivals associated with Krishna. The Pichwai panel is presumably depicting a Ras Leela, alluding to Krishna playing with gopis (cow-herd girls). Six of the peacocks fan their feathers for the clusters of peahens. The panel, painted in the typical Nathdwara style, displays a scene of thirty-two peacocks and peahens.
323 cm Medium: mineral pigments, cotton A rectangular pichwai panel. Morakuti Pichwai Unknown early 20th century Dimensions: H. The Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru is delighted to be the first project under the initiative in Asia. Previous projects under the initiative have involved improving accessibility through the Open Access collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the digital restoration of ‘Ancient Olympia’, in collaboration with the Government of Greece. Vrindavani Vastras are figured silk textiles that originated in Assam in the sixteenth century as part of the Hindu Vaishnavite tradition, and were used to wrap copies of the Bhagavata Purana or hung as part of the Vaishnavite shrines 74.5 cm Medium: silk Fragment of a Vrindavani Vastra depicting scenes of the Hindu deity Krishna from the Bhagavata Purana in maroon, white, yellow on a dark grey ground. Vrindavani Vastra Fragment Unknown late 19th century - early 20th century Dimensions: H. INTERWOVEN is rooted in MAP’s vast collection of South Asian textiles and was developed as part of Microsoft’s AI for Cultural Heritage initiative, which leverages technology to empower people and organisations dedicated to the preservation and enrichment of art and culture.
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