Apatani woman weaving on a porch

This photograph shows the traditional and still practised method of weaving among Apatanis : this backstrap method limits the width of any single woven piece, so that wide garments, such as shawls and skirts, required two or three pieces sewn together : traditionally, Apatanis obtained raw cotton by...

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Full title: Apatani woman weaving on a porch [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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