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1. Ghulam MOh - kusah maker in P.B. 
fine kusahs w/ silver worker makes mainly on order 2 men, Ghulam + younger [[?]] - both older men 
his 10th grade son in school + can't make
he has no ideas how mochis in P.B.
has been working here 5 yrs - before in village of Kila [[strikethrough]] Bambulsh [[/strikethrough]] Murad
Buh gets his leather from P.B - are 3 leather shops in main bazaar 
he uses 10-15 KG a mo - he buys per hide 
depends on the size
1 hide generally divided into 2 parts and price from/ part 250 already tanned
450 (buffalo hide)
same price for cowhide 

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for a full goat hide 60-100 Rp hides come from Azad Kashmir (Pak Kashmir) - the better hides from Punjab, he says, but are exported 
previously he used to tan his own; 22 years ago
we now see son working 
3 persons can make 15-16 pr. a mo. 
most of his customers are village landowners, he says market stable yr. round - a little more in harvest season
beautiful wooden blocks to stretch and shape the shoes
lives near workplace which on small street 
closed on 2 sides, open on two - across from a small medieval market - gets thread from P.B but comes from Lahore 
3 days sample and 12 days fancy for workers to make 1 ps.