A version of the traditional charkha which uses multiple spindles as opposed to a single spindle and is intended for use primarily in cottage industries. It was first designed in 1954.
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A type of loom in which the shuttle, containing the weft yarn, is passed through the warp threads by hand.…
Film cameras that produce images that are 9 cm x 12 cm or larger.
Also known as the Kodak brownie, it is a series of box cameras with a meniscus lens and roll film,…
Simple camera consisting of a light-sealed cuboidal box that has a lens fixed to one end, and the photographic film…
A small circular hole used in optics and photography as an aperture for a light beam to pass through and…
A traditional hand spindle used for spinning yarn from fibre in the Takli hand-spinning technique from Kutch, Gujarat. From the…
A wooden or plastic rod on which weft yarn is wound for use in a loom. The pirn is fixed…
A grid system developed in 1869 by John H Lamprey that was used to photograph subjects for anthropological studies. It…