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EAP1153/1/5/39
- Record Id:
- 040-004518459
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004515243
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100178855221.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1153/1/5/39
- Title:
- [Personal diaries and notes of Komal Kothari]
- Scope & Content:
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This is a notebook containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. Most of the notebook is dedicated to field notes and research on Jewellery making and wearing in various regions and communities of Rajasthan. The initial pages focus on the Goldsmith caste Nihariya and its proponent Shyamji Nihariya. Notes on raw material required in the process of forging jewellery etc. are documented. The notebook also contains lists of various jewellery objects, their cost price and selling price. The notebook also documents the jewellery practices among the Meghwal community in Padlinagar and Khetigarh. The last pages contain notes taken during an Intach meeting on saving the 'folk' heritage and data on the logistics of conducting workshops in schools. The last page contains an entry from 24th Aug 1988 about a visit to Barnawa to see Taziah along with Carol Henderson, Kuldeep Kothari and others.
Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan.
Administrative context: Personal Diaries and Notes.
Extent and format of original material: 37 pages.
Physical characteristics: A handmade notebook with red cloth cover and yellow coloured pages containing handwritten notes with blue and black ink. The notebook is in good condition even through the red cover has started fading.
Owner(s) of original material: Rupayan Sansthan.
Author(s) of original material: Komal Kothari.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Documentation of music and folklore in Western Rajasthan
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004515243
036-004518420
040-004518459 - Is part of:
- EAP1153/1 : Rupayan Sansthan
EAP1153/1/5 : Personal Diaries and Notes
EAP1153/1/5/39 : [Personal diaries and notes of Komal Kothari] - Hierarchy:
- 032-004515243[0005]/036-004518420[0039]/040-004518459
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1153/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 56 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1153-1-5-39
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Hindi - Scripts:
- Devanagari
Latin - Start Date:
- 1988
- End Date:
- 1988
- Date Range:
- 1988
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Physical Characteristics:
- A handmade notebook with red cloth cover and yellow coloured pages containing handwritten notes with blue and black ink. The notebook is in good condition even through the red cover has started fading.
- Former External References:
- Sno 502
- Arrangement:
- Arranged in Series by ARCE
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies of the material are also located at Rupayan Sansthan, ARCE, British Library
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at the Rupayan Sansthan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan State, India.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)