News from Indonesia: making carpets

Dutch

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Sheep shearing in the Dutch East Indies. The wool is gathered and then washed in large tubs; a group of Indonesian women spins the wool on spinning wheels. The thread is turned into strings. In the carpet factory designers first draw the pattern on a frame of cotton. Then the carpets are made by women. They use a hand shuttle or knot with their hands.

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Additional video information

Video Duration :

01:08

Video Language :

Dutch

Year :

1947

Providing institution :

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

Publisher :

Providing country :

None

Copyright :

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/