Strong Backs Magic Fingers: Traditions of Backstrap Weaving in Bangladesh
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9847011000091
Length
164p., Col. Illustrations; 21x29cm.
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Strong Backs, Magic Fingers: Traditions of Backstrap Weaving in Bangladesh' provides an overview of backstrap weavers and weaving in Bangladesh. It includes accounts of weaving by the Bawm, Chak, Chakma, Khyang, Khumi, Lushai, Marma, Mro, Pangkhoa, Tanchangya and Tripura, who dwell in the Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban regions of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, as well as of the Manipuri community who live in the northeast of Bangladesh. Profusely illustrated, ...
