Textiles · East India
Jamdani: The Woven Air of Phulia
In Phulia, the weavers who crossed a border in 1947 still weave flowers into muslin, one thread at a time.
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Metalwork · East India
Dokra: The Lost-Wax Bronze of Bikna
In Bikna village, every Dokra figure is cast once and only once, because the mould must be broken to free it.
Pottery · East India
Bankura Terracotta: The Clay Horses of Panchmura
In a village of potters in Bankura district, river clay is still coaxed by hand into the long-necked terracotta horse that became the emblem of Indian handicrafts.
Textiles · East India
Baluchari: The Woven Epics of Bishnupur
A silk sari from Bishnupur whose pallu retells the Ramayana and the Mahabharata in woven thread.