Monday, February 28, 2005

A young boy doing gold embroidery


Photo 275
Originally uploaded by gopoo.
Recently at Kolkata,I happened to see a shop with 10 boys inside sitting together and feverishly working embroidery on a silk saree.They had to work for 14 hours a day and it would take them 15 days to finish.Selling price-about 1100$.

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