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TextileGI Tagged · 2008
Kinnauri Shawl
TownKinnaur
StateHimachal Pradesh
Craft typeTextile
GI tag2008
About
A finely woven wool shawl from the high-altitude Kinnaur valley, known for its intricate geometric borders in vivid contrasting colours, traditionally worn as a marker of local identity.
Did you know? Kinnauri shawl patterns are so specific to individual villages within the valley that a practiced eye can tell which part of Kinnaur a shawl was woven in just from its border design.