Sajnuben of the Debaria Rabari group in Kutch, India shows a wedding quilt for her son. The extensive requirement in their Rabari community for a large textile dowry was outlawed by vote in 1995 by the Rabaris except for quilts. A change in quilts came with purchased trims instead of hand embroidery.

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Quilts as dowry
2014
Bhuj
Gujarat
India
Photo: Patricia Stoddard