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Indian and Islamic Craft Traditions

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Old wooden stamper once used for papermaking

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Old wooden stamper once used for papermaking

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Old wooden stamper once used for papermaking

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Noor Mohammed Kagzi, elder papermaker, from a family of papermakers, with roots in Balkh, Bukhara and Samarkand. During the time of Babur his ancestors came to Kashmir, Sailkot, Tijara, Bhirampuri and Sanganer where they made paper.

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Noor Miya Kagzi 7th generation kagzi from Bukhara

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Nepali sheet forming

Papermaker floats a cloth mould and distributes the fibers by hand

Nepal landscape with paper sheets

Drying sheets of handmade paper dot the Nepali landscape

Munnalal Khaddari, elder Kalpi papermaker

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Mohammad Khan Kagzi recalls the days when hand papermaking thrived in Junnar

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Mohammad Hussain Kagzi separates a sheet from a wet post for wall drying

Tags: Artisans, Finishing, Sheet Drying

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