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As we proceed with our discussion on the representations of #soldiers in a variety of #media, specific to the #british army, #indiansepoys during the #worldwars @dStephenB unveils a set of #paintings and #posters this is part of our colab, a thrilling initiative by @MuseumBuddy
These are #handwoven #silk #saris made in #Murshidabad in #Bengal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Called ‘Baluchari’ sari as they were woven in the land near the river Bhagirathi which flows by Murshidabad. ‘Balu’ means ‘sand’ & ‘char’ means ‘bank’ in #bangla #language 
If you look carefully at these saris, they depict #European #soldiers with their #armsandweapons in their #traditional #costume they definitely caught the fascination of the local #weavers yesterday we saw the soldiers on #femple #terracotta and now on #textiles @MuseumBuddy
Small textiles gripe
At a birthday party on Saturday, I was spinning on a drop spindle (as I do, in public, with downtime to fill). Two obviously clueless types sat down with wide-eyes, starting with the "what are you DOING??!" and so I started slowly, because I had a feeling ...
...I had a feeling they weren't a receptive audience. I was right. Woman A was captivated with, "It's like cotton candy!" repeated ad nauseum, for my wool/silk/bamboo blend. She continually exclaimed, "No one ever does this anymore, anywhere!"
