Namunah

NAMUNAH

A dress fabric made on hand looms in Bengal, from cotton and tussah silk. The weaver produces about 150 yards of cloth per month. The warp is 40 per cent silk, arranged in coloured stripes on a cotton ground, the yarn being dyed by the weaver. The weft is all cotton. Made 35-in., 20 yards. Similar to the Duriyas cloth, but differently striped.