Weaving Kinkob in the weaving class, Sunderabad
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Contributors
Great Britain. Colonial Office. Visual Instruction Committee
Creation Date
2003-10-24
Publication Date
2004-11-05Publisher
Royal Commonwealth Society Library. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge.
Language
en_GB
Type
Image
Metadata
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Half-plate. The photograph is annotated: 'The loom is of old pattern of Aurangabad Kinkob work. Kinkob work is usually of gold and silver thread, worked in patterns. The boy sitting above is controlling the threads, and helps to make the pattern by raising or lowering the threads in the warp below. The boy sitting below in the well works the shuttles'.
Spatial Coverage
Aurangabad (Asia, India, Maharashtra)
Temporal Coverage
start=1908; end=1908; scheme=DCTERMS.W3CDTF
Relationships
Host Item: RCS Photograph Collection, Fisher Collection, Album 7.
Rights
Copyright Cambridge University Library.