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to full- sized shawl measuring 40 in x 80 in (100 cm x 200 cm), large shawls measuring 45 in x 90 in (114 cm x 228 cm), and XL shawls measuring 54 in x 108 in (137 cm x 274 cm). [20] A craze for pashmina shawls, known as shahmina in Kashmir, in the mid-1990s resulted in high demand for the raw material, so demand exceeded supply. When these ...
Both sexes are horned; the horns are large and twisted, and may reach a length of 55 cm. [3]: 369 The ears are small and upright. [8]: 81 The coat consists of an outer coat of long hair, and a thick undercoat of fine pashmina; [8]: 81 it is commonly white, but can also be black, brown or grey. The skin is white or pale brown.
The Changthangi or Pashmina goat is found in China , Mongolia, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and India. They are raised for cashmere production and used as pack animals. The breed is most often white, but black, gray and brown animals also occur. They have large, twisting horns.
Pure cashmere, resulting from removing animal grease, dirt and coarse hairs from the fleece, is estimated at 6,500 tons (5,895 tonnes). Ultra-fine Cashmere or Pashmina is still produced by communities in Kashmir but its rarity and high price, along with political instability in the region, make it very hard to source and to regulate quality. It ...
Scholars, vendors and journalists have sometimes mistakenly used the words cashmere and pashmina synonymously, [1] [2] or assumed that they are the same because they derive from the same animal. In reality, pashmina is a particularly fine form of cashmere, so all pashmina is cashmere, but not all cashmere is pashmina.
Shahtoosh (from Persian شاهتوش 'king of wools'), [1] also known as Shatoush, is a wool obtained from the fur of the chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii, also called Tibetan antelope). Also, shawls made from the wool of the chiru are called shahtoosh. Shahtoosh is the finest animal wool, followed by vicuña wool.
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Pashmina is the fine variant of spun cashmere wool. Pashmina may also refer to: Pashmina (graphic novel), a 2017 novel by Nidhi Chanani; Pashmina goat or changthani, the source of Pashmina wool; Pashmina shawl, a popular garment and variant of the Kashmir shawl; Pashmina - Dhaage Mohabbat Ke, a 2023 Indian romantic drama television series