Wire and Tinsel Industry workers in Calcutta (Kolkata) . Photographs by Babu Mallinath Ray, published in a report in 1910.
![Preparing salma](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSG7KOQG5KsMdY8utUI3Y3hnsnDVBIHcWh4TAi2mRGGq7MXgGqubUSScwPBQKmaJI4ZMEOF0229FH-8As03aFzs6KoDetlwMs6-aW4MsmVHWSRdmjLCXJ4DvrP8MhozrnBkm8hnyfO8wc/s0/Preparing+salma.jpg)
Preparing
salma
![Preparing chumki(spangles)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w8yoZjDT4hpqPNpVal-f7cXO-_0_Td5wmGFj2XmDvfplFtEgQhd6Nxxpczk2t0YFqC0ctzJ3KZo6oX1zSd9BTw9O-ceB2vn5byE1kAIonPvfBiLU3eS7FsnwJbJ2Z3L0y-G96IJUwZQ/s0/Preparing+chumki(spangles).jpg)
Preparing
chumki(spangles)
![Image decorators at work - preparing anklets, armlets, scarf](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRy5A59VxxkCeJsK4fHtJ4ovNLVeO53z_I98tgImmVCC5J7HfLVxtdQeLV4dygcujEDTJFEdO4NzuIrkrBS4zIeRex0qDXuoDrYng6MzAQe_Qe1DTkyrAflb0FG5UoP2anz9rOILLk96w/s0/Image+decorators+at+work+-+preparing+anklets,+armlets,+scarf.jpg)
Image decorators at work - preparing anklets, armlets, scarf
![Image decorators at work - preparing anchla and mookoot](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrBzyhSoT1JIWBLs__n2fFkZBsA2nEFWNDeuCtHQja0zgDE9UpB_KzaVHFPR84blFR0NN_p6fIDYo-Mm-zMP3IfRlL7rF3yds7JRZDyMfUeus-IRTb4cYKZGu9mXeHAupJdXirG9xBD8/s0/Image+decorators+at+work+-+preparing+anchla+and+mookoot.jpg)
Image decorators at work - preparing
anchla and
mookoot
![Exhibiting chumki, khankni, bullion, salma](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6IWEtPzMwCfIrZhK3UOnkBh8e1w027UM-vPmYX7PfGDiynIPWfCMrOHC3x_se34jcKcedDKi6o9qJpzyRqIbcqt6Hrtd2QB5FBCJzkQ3APkjAyavOu9_C42rc2M6_WtCLPcaaQstbvM/s0/Exhibiting+chumki,+khankni,+bullion,+salma.jpg)
Exhibiting
chumki,
khankni, bullion,
salma
![Drawing of wire](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqK5_8DMjhYv6KdBj-nQ0GLNocijcA4CG2po-wLOHT9yo4Z2w1DpBieKGH5qxfsUtAO2t6uOpfauL9-4Ha7vLDZf1tt26Cs5qZaf5Q8bsYvNPNLL3dokda6GbqHROVNtUC9uFG41ECdps/s0/Drawing+of+wire.jpg)
Drawing of wire
![Specimens of kinkhabs- brocades and cloth of gold and silver](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fUdLnB5BBLeQyiXfNeNmLFqnaN6aYKBF2IbRKi_1LRCe3ImdvEsL5Tz6264JKYEGYPltXsNMB2ZWvWaKExl-EoeHlKJ5-7lIcgj49k1nXKQCDqGFnruZlOKIzjKQMsaEYqanoUe_TN8/s0/Specimens+of+kinkhabs-+brocades+and+cloth+of+gold+and+silver.jpg)
Specimens of
kinkhabs- brocades and cloth of gold and silver
![Specimens of karchal (embroidery) work](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRnwey_AzZX7xiU0UaADIcrSwdtyDF8IXgGkCg9ccTDtUX0tQDZUI4RG-hphmFhkoBnbCT81otPHwmmVT8sPCfjE03kmal-3coo6qUnLVxOUGjZbZDQEzsObFnHiRfFS6piZFdnU50Xo/s0/Specimens+of+karchal+(embroidery)+work.jpg)
Specimens of
karchal (embroidery) work
![Exhibiting scarf and crown](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJyRhM8K-FuxniGA_3jrndSWNy9ObmkEiyToNh_DtBriNhaIh7X3ge02XwhIXZpToJADpuHZ-NlJi727EFOkKcuUcrJurmTWrhfOLq5946pMKm3_TAjGNWg4iNqqQ4QDuHglLu5jGcqQ/s0/Exhibiting+scarf+and+crown.jpg)
Exhibiting scarf and crown
![An image with tinsel decorations](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwx38gTN3GokVbNs4h3ObRMcIIvPdY9ZdveMV1OYyGl7YymJ7tU9NQsYvPFAtPZA4EEfAuiUrsZVW4BKmuvgqKYaiBmVILKX-z8becOpwRIXUqf0e9F1EmJ3oEFyDj8BAZwf600njgHWM/s0/An+image+with+tinsel+decorations.jpg)
An image with tinsel decorations