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SKU: 6604820

SKU# 6604820

Embroidered cotton bookmark makes a great little gift for book lover or seamstress. The hand-embroidered nakshi kantha design is finished with a tassel. An accompanying paper explains nakshi kantha as “a woman’s canvas or diary, created to tell her own story and the story of her family through thread.”

Nakshi kantha is a traditional form of embroidery in Bangladesh. Girls learn nakshi kantha from their mothers as they are growing up. Most of the designs and motifs are taken from poetry and folk stories, involving flowers, leaves, birds and plants. Villagers use simple kantha stitching—less elaborate than nakshi kantha—to decorate blankets, bed sheets, pillow covers and napkins. Grandmothers stitch kantha on soft fabrics for newborn grandchildren.
  • Cotton
  • 6Lx2W inches
  • Made in Bangladesh

UPC Code: 732919446951

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Prokritee

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Artisan Group: Prokritee
Country: Bangladesh

Prokritee (meaning “nature” in Bengali) is an agency that provides managerial, product design and development, and marketing assistance to handicraft organizations in Bangladesh. Prokritee manages several handicraft enterprises and helps other groups sell their products in local and foreign markets.

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