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Baskets woven from Mulberry Trees. Photograph by Erin Collins. http://www.flickr.com/photos/erincollins/1223014892/

The withering tradition of Punjabi basket weaving

By News Editor on September 6, 2010

There was a time when Punjabi villages were completely self-dependent. Crucial items of daily use– like tokri (baskets) and gohle (pots) were widely manufactured locally. The baskets in particular were made out of the wood of Mulberry trees (shahtoot), which were a staple part of the landscape of pre-modern Punjab. These trees, crucial to a number of [...]

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