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Kanthas hanging on a clothesline in a domestic courtyard

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Description: Kanthas hanging on a clothesline in a domestic courtyard
TitleKanthas hanging on a clothesline in a domestic courtyard
Creator nameGhosh, Pika
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican, born India
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2007
Creation date (description)fall 2007
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsUnknown
LocationBishnupur, India
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsDocumentary photographyKanthasTextile fabrics--India
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From Rags to Riches: Valuing Kanthas in Bengali Households
Pika Ghosh
Description: Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz...
Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection and the Stella Kramrisch Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The literature on kanthas has drawn attention to the story of recycling rags, emphasizing the resourcefulness and creativity of Bengali women, particularly in rural contexts, in salvaging and reusing worn, threadbare, and patched fabrics to fashion a new product...
Author
Pika Ghosh
PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art
Copyright© 2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art
Related print edition pages: pp.31-57
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00323.2
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22913&redirecttoanchor=82440
Chapter subject tags:KanthasStorytellingWomen, BengaliRites and ceremonies--IndiaFamilies--India

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Description: Anima Nag Chaudhuri's kantha for her grandson Akash, detail
Anima Nag Chaudhuri's kantha for her grandson Akash, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 12
Creator nameGhosh, Pika
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican, born India
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2007
Object typePhotograph
LocationWest Bengal, India
Anima Nag Chaudhuri's kantha for her...
Anima Nag Chaudhuri's kantha for her grandson Akash, detail
Description: Kanthas hanging on clotheslines, below on the roadside, against the wall of a...
Kanthas hanging on clotheslines, below on the roadside, against the wall of a domestic compound, and above on the rooftop
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 12
Creator nameGhosh, Pika
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican, born India
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2007
Object typePhotograph
LocationBishnupur, India
Kanthas hanging on clotheslines, below...
Kanthas hanging on clotheslines, below on the roadside, against the wall of a domestic compound, and above on the rooftop
Description: Scott Rothstein at home in Delhi examining kanthas
Scott Rothstein at home in Delhi examining kanthas
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 12
Creator nameRothstein, Scott
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Scott Rothstein at home in Delhi...
Scott Rothstein at home in Delhi examining kanthas
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Sweet Potato Planting
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameMoore, Henry P.
Creator name (description)Taken by James Hopkinson's Plantation photographer
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1862
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 15.5 x 20.5 cm, on mount: 27 x 34.5 cm.
LocationLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010651644/
Accession numberLC-DIG-ppmsca-11398
Sweet Potato Planting
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Description: What Do I Want, John Henry?
What Do I Want, John Henry?
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameGardner, Alexander
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1862
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsAlbumen print
Dimensions12 x 15 3/4 in. (30.5 x 40 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/57094
Accession number1978.148.2
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameMorris, William;Dearly, John Henry;Morris & Co.
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation date1899
Object typeTextile
MaterialsWool pile
Dimensions300 3/4 x 157 1/2 in. (764 x 400 cm)
LocationVictoria & Albert Museum, London
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78824/carpet-dearle-john-henry/
Accession numberT.31-1923
Bullerwood Carpet, Hammersmith, detail
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Description: Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameSleet, Jr., Monetta
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1968
Object typePhotograph
Coretta Scott King
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Description: Malati Das displays cross-stitched kanthas on the rooftop of the Das family home...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 12
Creator nameGhosh, Pika
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican, born India
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2007
Object typePhotograph
LocationHazrapara, Bishnupur, Bankura District, West Bengal, India
Malati Das displays cross-stitched...
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Description: Pontoon Bridge across the Rappahannock
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameO'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1863
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsAlbumen print
Dimensions10 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (25.7 x 30.8 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/57100
Accession number1978.148.3
Pontoon Bridge across the Rappahannock
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Description: Masuda Kantō (fragment of patola cotton)
Masuda Kantō (fragment of patola cotton)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 03
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation datec. 1800–1900
Object typeTextile
MaterialsPatola cotton
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Apache basket weavers at work in the Indian Building at the Alvarado Hotel, Albuquerque
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 14
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationHeard Museum, Phoenix
Apache basket weavers at work in the...
Apache basket weavers at work in the Indian Building at the Alvarado Hotel, Albuquerque
Description: Untitled
Untitled
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameWeston, Edward
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1941
Object typePhotograph
Untitled
Untitled
Description: Rebel Works in front of Atlanta
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameBarnard, George N.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1864–1865
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsAlbumen print
Dimensions16 1/16 x 20 1/8 in. (40.5 x 51.1 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/90583
Accession number2003.107.1
Rebel Works in front of Atlanta
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