{"product_id":"matriarch-blanket","title":"Matriarch blanket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Matriarch Blanket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreated for ‘Wrapped in History: A Collection of Elephant Blankets for the Great Elephant Migration’, curated by Vikram Goyal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Odisha may be the ‘land of artists’, it is also home to one of India’s largest elephant populations. They have long-held symbolic and cultural significance - appearing in ancient stone carvings, textiles, scripture and oral histories. This blanket carries shared stories of forest and fabric, people and elephants - resting gently on the back of a creature who carries far more than her own weight. Created through months of collaboration with artisans, it brought together textile and craft traditions from across Odisha:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eSambalpuri\u003c\/strong\u003e ikat silk\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eKhandua\u003c\/strong\u003e single ikat silk from Nuapatna\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eBomkai \u003c\/strong\u003ehandloom, with woven jala designs\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eKotpad\u003c\/strong\u003e handloom, in shades of madder extracted from the local aal tree\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eDhokra\u003c\/strong\u003e, an ancient indigenous metal craft sculpted using the lost-wax technique\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003ePipli\u003c\/strong\u003e appliqué, layered fabric in vibrant colours - used to this day as canopies for chariots during Rath Yatra\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eKapdaganda\u003c\/strong\u003e, hand-embroidered by women of the Dongria Kondh community with colours and motifs representing mountains and harvest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDimensions: 87” (W) X 161” (L)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boito","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366646219035,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0842\/0170\/1659\/files\/eli_01.jpg?v=1763972934","url":"https:\/\/boito.in\/products\/matriarch-blanket","provider":"Boito","version":"1.0","type":"link"}