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Kali and Shiva

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Description: Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz...
Just as worn cloth is recycled to make kanthas, so designs and stories are creatively recombined to adorn their surfaces. The motifs and narratives found on these quilts are shared with Bengali literature and visual and performing arts; together, they indicate a common regional pool of resources from which individuals across generations...
PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art
Related print edition pages: pp.81-113
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00323.4

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