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new loom costs 3000 Rs (string heddles)
wooden loom lasts only 6 mo. so there is a trend to replace w/ iron
are now 10 iron looms in village
s.times wooden looms break down, they say, + breaks head of a child
- total no. of looms in Kingriawali about 100 they think
nearby villages not so involved in carpets, only 1 or 2 looms each;
1 - Mohd. Adram   (M)   19 yr.
2 - Sultan        (M)   15 yr.
3 - Yunus         (M)   13 yr.
4 - Yunus         (M)   12 yr.
5 - Ata Ulluh     (M)   10 yr.
6 - Rafiq         (M)   9 yr.
[[right margin]] all boys he listed [[/right margin]]
we saw a little girl on training Rubina, age 6 (F)
also another little boy on training Moh. Imran, age 4


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paid fortnightly
paid at rate of 10 min + 20 max per day
Rubina now paid 4 Rs per day
- children not paid when enterprise shuts down due to lack capital
- spends 1300-1500 per fortnight on wages
he says can finish 8 carpets a yr (4 each loom) under normal circumstances
last yr. he had only 1 loom, his sisters using & finished only 3 carpets; he makes 5 x 8 or 7 x 4. 5ft carpets
can sell a 5 x 8 for 5500 up to 7000; costs him 5000 to make, he says & 1500-2000 net profit per
can sell 7 x 4.5 for 5500-6000; costs 4,500 to make; net profit 1000, they say
sometimes people from Lahore