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Ancient art of weaving with self-supported back-strap loom. [...] This Sikkimese girl is weaving Lepcha tribal weave cloth worn as a dress
Summary
Caption continues from item: This type of weaving is found in some South American Indian tribes.
Photographer's stamp on back of print.
Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress).
Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).
Published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 140, where image appears with caption "Ancient backstrap loom for traditional Lepcha cloth."
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Date
01/01/1965
Contributors
Kandell, Alice S., photographer
Location
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Library of Congress
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