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Sherdukpen Singpho
Wancho Wancho
Fishing
Monpa pastoralist
Cane backpacks
Apatani women, wet rice farming, Ziro valley Swasti Singh Ghai, Associate Senior Designer, NID, Ahmedabad, 2017
BAGS
Bag used by the Sherdukpen. Bag used by the Monpa. Bag used by the Khamti group. Bag used by the Digaru and Miju
Patterned mainly in supplementary Made in complimentary warp Made in supplementary weft Mishmi groups. Made in tapestry and
weft and countered weft twining technique technique supplemntary w eft techniques.
ield
Apatani woman in the A self employed Adi Apatani weaver, Ziro Miji woman, West Monpa lady, Tawang
woman, Pasighat Kameng
Eri
Sheep wool
Apatani skirt detail, Ziro, Adi,Upper Siang Adi lady in Upper Siang weaves a gaduk- a cotton blanket
Lower Subansiri
Monpa women in traditional Madder dyed Eri was preferred for robes of
attire of eri silk monks. Young Buddhist monks, Bomdilla,
West Kameng
Heddle rods
Chun lag kha /Chonkia /
Chain kho / Chim bokg /lag
kha
Reed
Phum/Phum/phum/
phum
Warp beam
Sainatrong / Phan khu thang
/Bong / Sa nag
Breast/cloth beam
King pat / Phan pai/ Phan
pat /Chan phat /Phan pat
Warp end pulled through the reed Loom used by Khampti Backstrap
Phan / Phan
MUKLOM
PANGSA
and Singpho piyak/Phan
pak/Phan pak LUNGCHANG
TITKAH
Warping , Khampti Singpho Warping,WesT Kameng & Tawang On loom warping, Tani region
A Monpa
Swasti Singh Ghai,woman in Zimithang
Associate Senior Designer, NID, Ahmedabad, 2017
STRAIGHT CUTS- TIMELESS APPEAL
Mago basti, dress- Rigu, Monpa woman’s jacket, Monpa man’s jacket constructed Monpa man’s attire where limitations
Tawang District Zimithang out of narrow width woolen cloth. of fabric size and limited coloours
is used to adavntage through panel
construction and play of contrast
colours.
Discontinuous
Countered weft twining. Tapestry technique, False embroidery supplementary weft
A procession at Choskore festival, Sherdukpen, Shergaon Tansga, Moh festival Apatani priest , Ziro
Straw skirt Apatani woman in traditional skirt- A young Nyishi woman in full Young Digaru Mishmi women
kente abi length pomo gale in long galles, Statehood day,
Itanagar
Swasti Singh Ghai, Associate Senior Designer, NID, Ahmedabad, 2017
PRIDE IN ETHNICITY
Frame looms , ADTH craft centre, Itanagar Modiied loom, Ziro, Upper Subansiri
Check for the position of one particular colour – say white. Bhumpa
Cards no. 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14: white yarn in hole no. 3
Cards no. 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13: white yarn in hole no. 2
Turning Sequence.
Maintain turning direction constant for half repeat, that is the
concentric v-shaped portion of the pattern. hen reverse the
entire pack and weave the same number of picks in order to get Wife of the ASM, Mr. Sange Choige.
the inverted-v-shaped portion of the pattern. She is about 50 years old and a mother
of 2 - weaves beautiful bags and gale.
Despite repeated efforts , Bhumpa had
been unable to learn the technique until
Ngawang Chozom started teaching her.
Chongji Rema
Ayan Ghosh Sameer Bakshi Sanjiv Valsan Shraddha Jain Soumya Shraddha
Sakhalkar
SwastiState
SSG, Singh Ghai,Arunachal
Head- Associate for
Senior Designer,
IGNCA- NID, NID, Ahmedabad,
Outreach 20172014
Programmes,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All ADTH, DDTH oficers in the districts Textile Department staff, student volunteers
IGNCA team
thanks..