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Indian and Islamic Craft Traditions

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Shaking fibers in deckle box

Tags: Sheetmaking

Separating fresh sheets from the post for drying.

Sheets are separated while still attached to cloth and hung to dry

Scroll close-up

Back of scroll, close-up, showing crude fibrous paper

Sarwan Digamber holds thorns (from babul tree - vachellia nilotica (widely known by the taxonomic synonym acacia nilotica, or the common names gum arabic tree, babul/kikar) used to make marbling combs.

Tags: Fibers, Materials, Preparation

Sarwan Digamber holds thorns (from babul tree - vachellia nilotica (widely known by the taxonomic synonym acacia nilotica, or the common names gum arabic tree, babul/kikar) used to make marbling combs

Tags: Fibers, Materials, Preparation

Saiden Hussain Kagzi brushes wet sheet onto plaster wall to dry

Tags: Artisans, Finishing, Sheet Drying

S. B. Khodke of All India Village Industries Association and elder kagzi papermaker in papermaking building ruins

Tags: Archaeology, Environment, History, Location, Tools

Ruins: vats, pulp holding pit

Tags: Archaeology, Environment, History, Location, Tools

Ruins: stone with worn areas where pulp rested while being pounded by the end of a stamper.

Tags: Archaeology, Environment, History, Location, Tools

Ruins: stone with depressions from placement under the trip-hammer end of a stamper

Tags: Archaeology, Environment, History, Location, Tools

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