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Show prehm\mw preparation of the hemp and jute. The several stone beatin KAg aziguda were apparently of great age, but none of the worker el e bt history, except that they had been used in th village fur the grinding of pulp for "nearlya thousand years." The nativ papermakers of India, living in remote and inaccessible villages, had n conception of time, and I found that their knowledge of the history of thei craft, even in their own particular districts, was most inaccurate and lacke . We were fortunate in being able to acquire p\pcrmz\km all authe moulds and other p.\pcnuakmg tools, as well as spcmmcns of paper, inngum the Paper Village of Hyderabad. Paper specimen No. 12 Before leaving the ancientottt e many-storied juggernaut of the village, which was houscd in a high brick building with doors; the papermakers hildren were playing about the towering wheele structure with app&\nml) no thought of the sacredness of the lumberin object. Photograph 73, The juggernaut was saine a dullred, the wheel ¢ district, a Hindu feast in which the god, or idol Vishnu (or Krishna) was placed within the huge carriage and given a drive around the village. Contrary to general belief, the Hindus do not hm\\ themselves in sacrifice beneath the wheels of t so0doing theywould be committingaS deiementybiche gnd(\muld neve forgive. It s considered most unholy to be killed by on of these juggernauts or even to spill blood upon so sacred a relic Having completed our inv&sligauons in the native state of Hyderabad paper specimens Nos. 13-14-15, w journeyed east, with the thought o finally arriving in centr AlBegaolecs2 Chousa sl o e e lage of Kagaziguda. T had long heard of the skill and perfection of t papermakers located in the Dacea, Bengal, and T was eager 1o se¢ methods, for these \«'orku\ melu, Digital mage © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |