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A weaver selects threads dyed in array of colors to be used for the warping of calico.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita

Photo size: 34.0 Mpixels (97.3 MB uncompressed) - 7157x4751 pixels (23.9x15.8 in / 60.6x40.2 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: calico, Calicut, cotton, dye, India, page 354-355, Silk Road, thread, weaver, woman, Zheng He book

With its position at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula, Sur once played a major role as a trading hub between India and Africa.

A weaver selects threads dyed in array of colors to be used for the warping of calico.

Coir fiber, used to make ropes and rugs, is one of the many uses the Indians have found for the coconut.