Dyers working by the wax-painting and by the tie-and-dye methods
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‘Kathri’ (dyer) ornamenting cloth by the wax painting method ‘(roghan’ work). ‘Kathri’ ornamenting cloth by the tie-and-dye method ‘(bandhana’ work). Inscribed: ‘Kuthree or Dyer painting with varnish on cloth of durable color. Kuthree or Dyer trying with thread on’ ‘different parts of cloth b...
Dyers at work, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of dyers posed beside vats. This is probably the photograph shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and described in the catalogue as follows: 'The vats are of clay, and built in as shown in the picture. The furnace goes right under the vat, the fuel used...
