This is a black pure wool shawl with kantha work. The shawl features hand embroidered kantha embroidered floral motifs all over and has raw edges.Size: 200 x 106 cmsKantha 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 colorful border of their saris 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.