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02.turmeric
Ama Dablam · Nepal
Embroidered on its back, “the mother’s necklace”: ridges that embrace the valley like arms.
- outside
- hemp & cotton, turmeric
- within
- cotton & bamboo, turmeric
- thread
- deeper turmeric, embroidered by Isa Kost
- colour
- turmeric, hand-dyed by Sara in Kakani, Nepal, before sewing
- signature
a brass tiger charm
warm light over the Himalaya
custodian
Francesca