CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Natural Dyed Indigo Blue Silk Yarn. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. Indigo is a natural dye extracted from the leaves of certain plants such as the Indigofera, which is native to the Indian subcontinent. It has a distinctive blue color. This object was procured from Secretary, Mahalaxmi WCS Ltd.

Subject: Natural Dyed Manjishtha Cotton Yarn. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. The Indian Madder root or manjishtha gives red, pink and orange shades. This object has been gifted by Boyanika (Odisha State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd).

Subject: Natural Dyed Manjishtha Silk Yarn. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. The Indian Madder root or manjishtha gives red, pink and orange shades. This object has been procured from Boyanika (Odisha State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd).

Subject: Natural Dyed Pomegranate Silk Yarn. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. The pomegranate skin yields a matte green-yellow color. This object was procured from Secretary, Mahalaxmi WCS Ltd.

Subject: Natural Dyed Pomegranate Cotton Yarn. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. The pomegranate skin yields a matte green-yellow color. This object has been procured from Boyanika (Odisha State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd).

Subject: Natural Dyed Palas Silk Yarn. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. The palas tree is commonly found all over India and the palas flower that is bright reddish yellow in color is used for dye. This object was procured from Secretary, Mahalaxmi WCS Ltd.

Subject: Natural dyed Palas Cotton Yarn. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. The palas tree is commonly found all over India and the palas flower that is bright reddish yellow in color is used for dye.

Subject: Natural Dyed Jackfruit Cotton Yarn. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. Jackfruit produces a natural dye from the bark of the tree with hue colors ranging from light brown to greenish to brown. This object has been gifted by Boyanika (Odisha State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd).

Subject: Natural Dyed Jackfruit Silk Yarn. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. Jackfruit produces a natural dye from the bark of the tree with hue colors ranging from light brown to greenish to brown. This object has been gifted by Boyanika (Odisha State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd).

Subject: Peduncle (Demphi) Yarn. Demphi silk is made from the peduncle (stem) of the tussar cocoon. It is a specialty of the state of Odisha. This object has been procured from Bhagamunda Tasar Rearers Cooperative Society (TRCS) Ltd.

Subject: Silver. This is a type of cotton. This object was procured from Jugal Kishore Meher.

Subject: Roving (Top). A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber that is produced during the process of spinning yarn from a fiber.

Subject: Roving (Bottom). A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber that is produced during the process of spinning yarn from a fiber.

Subject: Roving (top). A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber that is produced during the process of spinning yarn from a fiber.

Subject: Roving (Bottom). A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber that is produced during the process of spinning yarn from a fiber.

Subject: Grey Hank Yarn. The natural coloring matter of silk is associated mainly with sericin which is eliminated during degumming. However, even after degumming, the residual pigments are adsorbed by fibroin and hence silk fabrics after degumming are not white but have cream or gray hue. This object was procured from Jugal Kishore Meher.

Subject: Bleached Hank Yarn. The natural coloring matter of silk is associated mainly with sericin which is eliminated during degumming. However, even after degumming, the residual pigments are adsorbed by fibroin and hence silk fabrics after degumming are not white but have cream or gray hue. Bleaching silk uses reducing agents or oxidizing agents to lighten the hue of the thread. This object was procured from Jugal Kishore Meher.

Subject: Mulberry Chandrika with Cocoons. A chandrika is a bamboo or straw tray or mountage on which ripe silkworms are placed to facilitate the spinning of their cocoons. The silkworms are mounted on the chandrika making it easy for them to anchor their filament as they spin their cocoons. These are stored vertically.

Subject: Tussar Branches & Garlands. Cocoons meant for production of seeds or eggs are stored in a dark room in form of garlands which leads to production of eggs. Each garland consists of 50-100 cocoons arranged in a bunch of 4-5 cocoons with peduncle at an interval of about 2 inches. This object has been procured from Bhagamunda Tasar Rearers Cooperative Society (TRCS) Ltd.

Subject: Tussar Branches & Garlands. Cocoons meant for production of seeds or eggs are stored in a dark room in form of garlands which leads to production of eggs. Each garland consists of 50-100 cocoons arranged in a bunch of 4-5 cocoons with peduncle at an interval of about 2 inches. This object has been procured from Bhagamunda Tasar Rearers Cooperative Society (TRCS) Ltd.

Subject: Tussar Branches & Garlands. Cocoons meant for production of seeds or eggs are stored in a dark room in form of garlands which leads to production of eggs. Each garland consists of 50-100 cocoons arranged in a bunch of 4-5 cocoons with peduncle at an interval of about 2 inches. This object has been procured from Bhagamunda Tasar Rearers Cooperative Society (TRCS) Ltd.

Subject: Tussar Branches & Garlands. Cocoons meant for production of seeds or eggs are stored in a dark room in form of garlands which leads to production of eggs. Each garland consists of 50-100 cocoons arranged in a bunch of 4-5 cocoons with peduncle at an interval of about 2 inches. This object has been procured from Bhagamunda Tasar Rearers Cooperative Society (TRCS) Ltd.

Subject: Bamboo Nali / Kit. This bamboo kit is used to store weaving accessories used during weaving such as blade, needle, knife etc. This object was procured from Nuapatna No 2 Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd.

Subject: Empty coconut for tight tension. Coconut shells are used for imparting tight tension of border yarn (GodiFulla). This object was procured from Nuapatna No 2 Weavers Cooperative Society Ltd.