The Adi women of Pasighat: two generations of weaving, one changing market
In the Adi town of Pasighat, grandmothers weave the patterns and granddaughters sell them — to the world.
In Pasighat, the Adi town on the Siang, the division of labour in the weaving economy runs across generations: grandmothers at the looms, granddaughters at the laptops.
The younger generation photographs, prices and ships the shawls and skirts that their grandmothers have woven for decades — and the market has responded.
The partnership is the craft’s best hope: ‘The pattern is the grandmother’s. The platform is ours. The money is the family’s.’