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Subroto Sardar with his daughter Swastika and nephew Spandan snuggle under a blanket while watching a televised cricket match between Durga Puja rituals

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Description: Subroto Sardar with his daughter Swastika and nephew Spandan snuggle under a blanket...
TitleSubroto Sardar with his daughter Swastika and nephew Spandan snuggle under a blanket while watching a televised cricket match between Durga Puja rituals
Creator nameGhosh, Pika
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican, born India
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2007
Creation date (description)fall 2007
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsUnknown
LocationHatibagan, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsDocumentary photographyFamiliesWest Bengal (India)--Social life and customs
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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=82445
Chapter subject tags:KanthasStorytellingWomen, BengaliRites and ceremonies--IndiaFamilies--India

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