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Forester Gunga Singh demonstrates the flexible fibers of the daphne plant used in Himalayan papermaking

Chabutras, drying platforms

Line drying papers colored grey with chimney soot

Line drying paper sheets still attached to their couching cloth

Dry sheets are easily pealed off the wall

Paper retains the brush marks from wall drying

Siaden Hussain, separates a post of wet sheets that have no interleaving, while her papermaker husband, Mohammad Hussain and child, look on.

Junnar papermaker uses a clay jug to create waves which organize fibers so that strong uniform sheets can be pulled

Junnar papermaker uses a clay jug to create waves which organize fibers so that strong uniform sheets can be pulled

Dispersing vat fibers