Bomkai Sonepuri Dark Brown Cotton Saree Tribal Village Pallu

Bomkai Sonepuri Dark Brown Cotton Saree Tribal Village Pallu

Name: Bomkai Sonepuri Dark Brown Cotton Saree Tribal Village Pallu
SKU: BJ9NTWNN
Price: 1548.50 INR
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Bino code BJ9NTWNN

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A handwoven Bomkai Sonepuri saree from western Odisha with one of the most narrative pallus in the Indian handloom canon The deep coffee brown cotton body is scattered with small cream extra weft buti and the pallu opens into a full tribal village scene thatched huts palm trees dancing figures deer and fish woven in cream against the brown ground framed by an ornate cream and zari border on all sides Three tells for a real figurative Sonepuri vs a printed look alike turn the pallu over and the back shows the loose cream weft floats of every village figure supplementary weft brocade always reveals these on the reverse while a print is identical on both faces Run a fingertip across a hut and you can feel the building sitting raised above the brown body because the weaver inserted a separate cream yarn for it Look at the border the cream and zari step in tiny half millimetre variations along the length because the weaver counts threads not pixels a powerloom border is mathematically perfect The village pallu vocabulary Saora and Kondh tribal scenes Jagannath temple iconography the procession of forest animals comes from the same cultural lineage that produced Odisha s Pattachitra painting and the temple murals of Puri A figurative Bomkai pallu like this is the work of a master weaver and takes three to four weeks at the loom with the pallu alone accounting for two of those weeks Bomkai carries a GI tag protecting the tradition This is a statement saree for weddings receptions Durga puja an upscale Diwali dinner or any occasion that calls for handloom that tells a story Pair with a plain silk or raw silk blouse in deep cream mustard or oxblood Heavy temple style gold jewellery a Lakshmi haaram antique jhumkas a chunky kada completes the look

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