Asia InCH – Encyclopedia of Intangible Cultural Heritage – Open educational resource on the intangible cultural heritage of the traditional arts, crafts and textiles and their practitioners and transmitters in South Asia

For research and enjoyment

Stimulating Deliberation

Leather

Camel Skin Craft

Tribal Crafts

Cane and Bamboo of Arunachal Pradesh

Metal

Dhokra/Lost Wax Metal Casting of West Bengal

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Bihar

Jewellery, Beads, Jewelled Objects

Jewellery and Jewelled Objects of Tamil Nadu

Embroidery

Chikan/White-on-White Embroidery of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Wood

Craft in Architecture: Wood Carving of Nepal

Stone

Stone Craft of Pakistan

Miscellaneous

Hill Crafts of Darjeeling, West Bengal

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Ganjifa/Playing Cards of Delhi

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Crewel Embroidery of Jammu and Kashmir

Clay, Terracotta, Pottery

Blue Pottery of Jaipur, Rajasthan

Theatre, Performance Crafts

Phulam Japi/Hats of Assam

Wood

Wood Turning - Shagzo

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

Transformative innovations and inventions that reframe and regenerate techniques.

Collections, Exhibits, Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects. Browse exhibitions and displays that are bound in time and space.

Bibliography

Over 10,000 bibliographic listings on the arts, traditional crafts, design, heritage, culture - intangible and tangible, its practitioners, its history and associated studies.

Glossary

An introductory survey to the rich, varied, specialized and often unfamiliar vocabulary used to describe crafts and textiles.