Shawls are produced by two techniques, loom woven or kani shawls and the needle embroidered or sozni shawls. The basic fabric  is of three types – Shah Tush, Pashmina and raffal. Shah Tush (King of wool) passes through a ring and is also known as Ring Shawl. It comes from a rare Tibetan antelope living at a height of over 14000 ft in the wilds of the Himalayas. Pashmina is known world over as cashmere wool, it comes from a special goad (Capra hircus ) living at an attitude of 12000 to 14000 fits reared by shepherd nomads around famous ponkong lake in close vicinity of western Tibet.