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Camel skin turned into decorative lamps in Pakistan

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Artisans in Multan, Pakistan, are famous for making camel-skin lamps using a naqashi painting technique that goes back 900 years. In 1910, Ustad Abdullah Naqash started doing naqashi art on camel skin. Today, his grandson, Malik Abdul Rehman Naqash, is keeping the tradition going.

Check out Malik Abdul Rehman Naqash's work here.

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