This is a black handloom tussar silk dupatta with Kantha work. The dupatta has a black body with Kantha embroidered floral motifs in purple and green all over. Size: 2.5 Meters Kantha is the traditional running stitch which originated from the way in which Bengali housewives mended old clothes by taking out a strand of thread from the colourful border of their sarees and making simple designs with them. The origin of Kantha traces its history to a period not less than a thousand years and is still practiced today by millions women in rural Indian districts.