Ancient Art of Weaving,Sikkimese Girl weaving Lepcha Tribal Weave Cloth,India

Title: Ancient art of weaving with self-supported back-strap loom. [...] This Sikkimese girl is weaving Lepcha tribal weave cloth worn as a dress
Creator(s): Kandell, Alice S., photographer
Date Created/Published: [between 1965 and 1971]
Notes:
Title from item.
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.'
Subjects:
Lepcha (South Asian people)--Arts & crafts--India--Sikkim--1960-1980.
Looms--India--Sikkim--1960-1980.
Weaving--India--Sikkim--1960-1980.
Girls--India--Sikkim--1960-1980.
Gelatin silver prints--1960-1980.
Bookmark /2011646970/
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