Simple Weft-Ikat from South Gujarat, India

The production of loincloths for the Chaudhry tribe by Khatri-weavers in Mandvi.

This short monograph merely records a simple form of weft-ikat textiles worn exclusively by one tribal group, the Chodhri, of the areas of Mandvi, Vyara, Valod etc. in Surat District.

This paper has been printed in a German version in TRIBUS, 1970. The text has been revised and then translated into English.