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Subject: Small Reed. A reed is part of a weaving loom that resembles a comb. It is used to separate and space the warp threads, to guide the shuttle's motion across the loom, and to push the weft threads into place.

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Subject: Horn Shuttle. A shuttle stores a holder that carries the thread of the weft yarn while weaving with a loom.

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Subject: Eri Pierced Cocoons. Eri silk comes from the caterpillar of Samia ricini. The eri silkworm is a completely domesticated silkworm. Eri Cocoons are open mouthed since the moth leaves the cocoon as soon as it is ready to be spun.

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Subject: Mulberry Chadrika 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.

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Subject: Eri pierced cocoon-6 kg. Eri silk comes from the caterpillar of Samia ricini. The eri silkworm is a completely domesticated silkworm. Eri Cocoons are open mouthed since the moth leaves the cocoon as soon as it is ready to be spun.

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Subject: Tussar Natei. Nata or natei is a conical frame used for winding yarn. Winding is a process where yarn is transferred to a more portable form (cone, spool, pirn). Yarn from a smaller package like bobbin or hank is transferred to a larger package of considerably longer length. This also helps in improving the quality of yarn by removing unnecessary small knots and dust particles.

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Subject: Indigo black 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.

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Subject: Green Yarn. Yarn dyed in green color.

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Subject: Dyed Yarn (6 hanks). Yarn dyed in red, black and white colors.

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Subject: Alizarin. Alizarin is a red colorant extracted along with Purpurin from the roots of the Madder plant. It is principally used for dyeing textile fabrics.

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Subject: Cane Basket (Jhudi). A cane basket.

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Subject: Prin (8 Pieces). A pirn is a rod onto which weft thread is wound for use in weaving.

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Subject: Roller Shuttle. A shuttle stores a holder that carries the thread of the weft yarn while weaving with a loom. This object has been procured from Assistant Director of Textiles, Baripada.

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Subject: Catechu Dyed Bandha. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. Catechu dye is extracted from the bark of Indian gum Arabic tree. It yields brown, yellow, grey and black shades.

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Subject: Manjistha Dyed Bandha. 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.

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Subject: Lac Dyed Bandha. Natural dyes are colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The mordant and fabric type affects the dye adherence, fastness properties and shades. Lac extract is a red dye extract from the scale insect Laccifer lacca. For dyeing the colorant is separated from the resin.

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Subject: Dyed 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).

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Subject: 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.

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Subject: Cotton 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.

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Subject: Yarn Treated with Castor Oil. Castor oil is vastly used in dyeing and finishing cotton and linen.

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Subject: Yarn Treated with Cow Dung. Cow dung is used for scouring and bleaching yarn. The unbleached cotton is mixed with cow dung. The cow dung helps to remove the excess starch in cotton and helps the fabric to absorb the dyes.

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Subject: Natural dyed (Black solution) 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. This fabric that has been dyed black.

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