Artist: Surayia Rahman
storlek: 106 x 154 cm
museum: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Fukuoka, Japan)
Teknik: Embroidery
For ages women in the Bengali region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal in India) made Kantha - embroidered quilts made of layers of old saree or old cloth. The tradition and skill has been handed down from mothers to daughters to make sitting mats and rugs with bright embroideries for religious rituals and signs of hospitality to their honoured guests. In the 1970s, mainly in Bangladesh, NGOs promoted commercialization of Kantha for the economic independence of the widows of the Independence War. Kantha made with newly produced designs and materials are called Nakshi Kantha (Nakshi means
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