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A drawstring would be inserted into the waistband to pull it tight to form a full, gathered skirt with an elaborately emboidered hem.\r\n\r\nThis type of dense embroidery from Sindh in Pakistan is called 'pakko' or 'permanent' embroidery as it is so hard-wearing. Its main component is a type of buttonhole stitch which creates a distinctive ridge around the elements worked in it (in this case,  the leaves and petals of the flower forms). The more geometric elements of the design are worked in small and densely packed cross-stitch, and circles of mirror-glass are added at intervals.\r\nEmbroidery of this type is mostly associated with the Thar desert areas of Sindh, but also occurr across the border in Kutch in Gujarat.","physicalDescription":"Skirt cloth of cotton with a long band made up of two lengths sewn together horizontally. 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