Living fabric : weaving among the nomads of Ladakh Himalaya (Record no. 55297)
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| fixed length control field | 02501 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9748304876 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 746.10954 |
| Item number | AHM |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ahmed, Monisha |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Living fabric : weaving among the nomads of Ladakh Himalaya |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Trumbull |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Weatherhill |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2002 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 192p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>List of plates 5<br/>List of maps, figures, and tables 7<br/>Note on transcription 8<br/>Acknowledgements 9<br/>Introduction 11<br/>Chapter One : Textile Traditions in Ladakh 14<br/>Locating Rupshu 15<br/>History of weaving and textiles 19<br/>The role of the Moravian Mission 24<br/>Early accounts of textiles in Rupshu 26<br/>Chapter Two : Of Mud And Gods: The Origin Of Rupshu 31<br/>The draining of Tso Kar - creating Rupshu 32<br/>The founding chief 34<br/>Chapter Three : The Livestock Of The Gods 39<br/>We are the people who move behind the sheep and the goats' 42<br/>The route of migration- locating campsites 46<br/>Dedications to the gods, btsan, and klu 49<br/>Changing attitudes to livestock 52<br/>Chapter Four : 'The Livestock Are Naked Now': Gathering And Preparing Fibres 54<br/>Removal of fibres 54<br/>Combing pashmina 56<br/>Removing hair and wool from the yaks 58<br/>Shearing sheep wool 59<br/>Appraising the fibres 65<br/>Imported fibres 67<br/>Preparation of fibres 69<br/>Cleaning and washing 69<br/>Carding 71<br/>Spinning and twisting 71<br/>Chapter Five : Weaving From The WoMB 76<br/>Learning to weave 76<br/>Preparing the warp 78<br/>The loom 81<br/>The backstrap loom 83<br/>The fixed-heddle loom 87<br/>The language of the loom 90<br/>Speaking of gender 90<br/>Restraining the demoness 93<br/>Chapter Six : Cloth Of The Female Loom 97<br/>The threads of connection and continuity 98<br/>The snam-bu 101<br/>Weaving and processing the snam-bu 102<br/>Dyeing 105<br/>Colour prescriptions 106<br/>Cut and stitched - garments made from snam-bu 109<br/>The woman's sul-ma 111<br/>The man's gos 117<br/>Clothing structure, design, and meaning 118<br/>Coverings and containers 119<br/>Design motifs - the roll of the dice 125<br/>Chapter Seven : The Black Tent 129<br/>The structure of the tent 131<br/>The white tent 137<br/>The formation of a new tent 140 <br/>Spatial organization within the tent 142<br/>Chapter Eight : The Sheep's Eye: Patterns Of Trade 147<br/>Weaving for trade 148<br/>How to read a saddle-bag 152<br/>Trade in pashmina and wool 156<br/>Setting the price 160<br/>Conclusion are the rupshupa still weaving? 167<br/>Endnotes 172<br/>Appendix. List of Ladakhi place names 180<br/>Glossary 181<br/>Bibliography 185 <br/>Index 190 |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 63462 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FA |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Architecture | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 13/03/2019 | amazon.in | 4581.00 | 4 | 1 | 746.10954 AHM | 020198 | 20/02/2020 | 04/02/2020 | 4581.00 | 29/10/2018 | Book |