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Needle case

Zokhuk, or needle bag, is a container for needles and thread, which are the essential tools for repairing the black tent and clothes. Dressmakers or tailors are called zowa, and zokhuk are a zowa’s essential tools. The needle bag is made from sheep fleece that is woven into yarn and fabric. Furthermore, the tool bag of the shoe maker is also called zokhuk; most of those are made from skin. In the bag there are needles, thread, containers for bakchu (starch and water used for gluing), long needles and pliers.

  • Needle case (English, Latin script, Original)
  • བཟོ་ཁུག (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
  • bzo khug (Tibetan, Latin script, Original)
  • 针线包 (Chinese, Simplified Chinese Characters, Original)
Subject ID: S10287