Attaches the end of thread taken from chalhak to the spool on the engine.
Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
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Press cutting about the Museum opens free through Easter Holidays and subsequent success of the Museum itself
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/177
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The bundles of silk
object | ARC/PH/C086/008
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Slide of a procession of deity at Tashigang
object | ARC/BAL/003/147
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Photograph of 'View of main assembly shop'
object | ARC/BH/BOO/012/001/004/078
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