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The Kashmir Timeline

Khatamband Ceilings

Ceilings built from thousands of small pieces of wood.

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No freely licensed photograph of this exhibit was found, so it is shown as text.

Khatamband craftsmen fit small, thin pieces of walnut, deodar or pine together into repeating geometric patterns to make ceilings for homes, shrines and houseboats. The pieces can be taken apart and reassembled.

Facts

  • Patterns are built up from pieces cut to exact shapes and slotted together.