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| Title: | Pashmina shawl - A traditional way of making in Kashmir |
| Authors: | Yaqoob, Ishrat
Sofi, Asif H
Wani, Sarfaraz A
Sheikh, FD
Bumla, Nazir A |
| Keywords: | Handicrafts
Kashmir
Pashmina
Shawls
Traditional |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: BO5D 1/00, DO4H, DO6L 3/00, DO6L 1/06, DO6L 1/14, DO6L 1/00, DO6P, B65H, F26B 13/00, DO1B 3/00, DO1B 5/00 |
| Abstract: | Since centuries, the handicraft industry is
running successfully in beautiful valley
of Kashmir. Among
handicrafts, shawl industry has
gained popularity all over the world for the way these shawls are being prepared. Shawl
making in Kashmir is an age old practice over
which the artisans have expertise themselves over generations. The shawls prepared from Pashmina fibre are liked by all
irrespective of their age, sex and nation. From ages, Pashmina shawls are being prepared in the valley by traditional
methods. The objective of the study was to ascertain the processing methodology
adapted by local artisans in Kashmir
Valley for shawl
preparation. In this paper, the
processing of Pashmina from fibre to
the final product (shawl) right from
harvesting up to finishing is presented in detail. |
| Page(s): | 329-333 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(2) [April 2012]
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