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040			_aRBU-Library
041			_aEnglish
082			_a746.44095414 _bB297
100			_aBasak , Sila
245			_aNakshi Kantha of Bengal
260			_aNew Delhi: _bGyan Publishing House _cc 2017.
300			_a319p.
500			_aIncludes bibliography and index
502			_aThe art of Kantha or embroidered qiult has been flourishing in rural Bengal for centuries.Its exquisite beauty was brought to the notice of city dwellers, and to some extent, to the outside world.Dr.Sila Basak has now produced commendable work on the Kantha art of Bengal, the result of extensive research, painstaking field-work, introspective and collections of materials from far and near. She starts with a brief history of needlework in the word and its practice in India from an early date. She dwells upon the large social content of the Kantha that genuinely reflects the role of Bengali woman. A careful analysis further brings out the reflections of folk beliefs and practices, of religious ideas, of themes and characters from mythologies and epics, of flora and fauna, and finally of man and nature. The Kantha, in its own way, depict the social and personal life of the people.
650			_aQuilts- India- West Bengal _aFolk art - India -West Bengal _aQuilts - Bangladesh
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