Kumhar pottery communities in Punjab
A Chakwal study records changing work among Kumhar pottery households. Its village cases show different responses to difficult livelihoods and new work.
Chakwal; Rawalpindi; historical Punjab
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Pottery households and craft work
Explore pottery and other craft histories through local studies, material practices and the limits of occupational labels.
How to approach this subject
Choose a craft account and identify its place, date and kind of evidence. A household study, an administrative return, a material object and a reported professional recollection have different limits. Check whether a count refers to people practising a trade or to a population carrying an occupational label. Follow a case of changing work without assuming that every household made the same choice. Compare making, selling and adapting a craft while keeping each source’s local setting in view.
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Tarkhan artisans in Punjab
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Multani blue pottery
At Multan’s blue-pottery institute, a 2016 programme proposed design and Kashigiri courses, materials trials and support for participating artisans.
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