M. Narsamma

Gadwal · Third generation · Interlocked border

• Weaving
• Border joining

Languages

Telugu, Kannada

Household

Weaves with two of her nieces; the loom is in the front room.

On record

1 piece in the catalogue

Narsamma learned the kupadam interlock from her mother, who learned it from hers, and she can join a silk border to a cotton body without looking at her hands. She works the widest loom in her lane and takes the bridal commissions nobody else will, because forty-six days on one warp does not frighten her.