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Show 3 The Sailkot mould-frames in my collection are made up of twelve sections of wood, four being used for the frame proper, and eight for the ribs The outside frame of the Sailkot type of mould is precisely the same as tha of Kashmir, but is slightly smaller, the outside measurements being thirtythree by thirty and one-half inches. In the moulds of Kashmir the ribs ar triangular in shape, while in the Sailkot type the ribs, or crossbars, ar square smpsof \wod, cach side of the square measuring one and one-hal inches. Thes square picces, however, function in the same manner as th triangula rihs, owin to the fact that eac bar is place in the fram wit one of the four corners uppermost. This allows the mould-cover to li upo and not upon the flat sides of the bars one corner of each rib ( The mould-covers used on the Sailkot type of moulds are woven fro the same species of grass used in Kashmir and the weaving is accomplishe in prac\:ically the same manner. The weaver's frame, or loom, photograp consists of a narrow board (1 x 2% mchea) and a little longer than th being made. This wooden strip, placed horizontally,i vised to hold the horse-hair threads and is supported by two uprigh osts which in turn are morticed into a heavy wooden base. The horse-hairs usually four to cach chain-line, are suspended in evenly-spaced notches cu in the top of the horizontal strip, the loose ends of the hairs b(-ing weighte with alls of clay. The worker sits before his unpretentiou loom, photograph 5, and laces the culms, one by one, with the horse-hair mmds, twisting the hairs around cach reed the full length of the mould-cover. When t picces of grass are not of sufficient length o extend the full width of ‘mould-cover under construction, the artisan unites two or three culms b inserting the tapering end of one reed into the opening of another, thi being made possible by the tube-like structure of the grasses. In some localities of India the ends of the grass culms are simply butted together, photograph 6, and not united in an unbroken section by joining. The butting o the ends of the laid-lines is practiced in the making of moulds in Chin Digital image © 2005 MarriottLibrary Universit of Utah, All rihts reserved |