essay
Handicrafts and textiles
Hill societies, their modernisation : a study of north east with special reference to Garo Hills • New Delhi • Published In 1995 • Pages: 121-124
By: Sangma, Martin R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes Garo handicrafts, including mats and baskets, winnowing fans and nets, stools and spoons; and weaving, which is women's work. The government has set up Handicraft and Weaving Training Centers to spur economic development.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Knots and lashings
- Mats and basketry
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Woodworking
- Heating and lighting equipment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Garo Hills Autonomous District, Meghalaya State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- [Martin R. Sangma]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 124)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95910488
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garo (Indic people)