• Type: Traditional hand-woven durrie/rug of Karnataka.
• Origin: Navalgund, Dharwad district, Karnataka.
• Known for geometric designs, birds and animal motifs.
• It is a GI-protected handicraft.

GI Tag

• GI Name: Navalgund Durries
• GI Act: 1999
• GI Registration: 2011
• Class: 27
• GI Application No.: 61
• Application date: 27 June 2011
• Logo registration application: No. 512, dated 8 January 2015.
• Registration confirmed by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks.

History

• Also known as Nuvulgund Durrigullu or Jumkhaanaa Gullu.
• Originated with weavers from Bijapur living in Jumkhaan Gulli during the reign of Ali Adil Shah.
• Due to wars between the Adil Shahs and Vijayanagara Empire, the weavers migrated to Nuvulgund (Navalgund).
• Initially came to trade in pearls, later settled and established looms to make durries.
• Traditionally made exclusively by women of the community, working from their homes.
• The craft became a means of home-based livelihood.
• Traditionally, weaving skills were passed to daughters-in-law.
• Source states that the craft is not made in any other place.

Weaving & Manufacturing

• Raw cotton is procured through the Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation.
• Warp: Cotton 3/10s, unbleached yarn.
• Weft: Cotton 10s, 6-ply.
• Weft yarn is dyed in colours such as:
  • Black
  • Yellow
  • Red
  • Brown
  • Blue
  • Green
• Dyeing: Hanks are kept in dye solution for about 20 minutes.
• Uses an ancient vertical loom, unlike the horizontal ground-level looms common elsewhere.
• Two weavers work facing each other.
• Designs are introduced during weaving using vertical and diagonal lines.
• Weft is layered over the warp and beaten/tamped to produce the required quality.
• Production rate: approximately 6 inches (15 cm) per day.
• Designs are largely decided intuitively by the weavers.

Finishing

• Durrie is removed from the loom after weaving.
• Overhanging threads are trimmed.
• Tassels/knots are made at the ends.
• Decorative white and other coloured threads are added along the edges.
• No two durries are exactly alike in colour and size.

Main Types

• Guddar is made by a different group of weavers, not the Navalgund weavers, according to the source.

Quality Inspection

• Inspection involves officials from:
  • Development Commissioner (Handicrafts)
  • Director (Market Research), Textile Committee
  • Ministry of Textiles
  • A Master Artisan representing Producer Associations.

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