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Subject: Cloth Beam. A cloth beam in weaving receives the finished fabric.

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Subject: Design Measurement Stick.

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Subject: Lease Rod. Lease rods are used to separate the warp yarns, forming a shed and aiding the hands in keeping the yarns separated and in order.

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Subject: Wooden Rod.

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Subject: Unchuda Jua.

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Subject: Fulla Rod (for Borders).

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Subject: Khila for Warp Beam.

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Subject: Khila for Cloth Beam.

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Subject: Lease Rod. Lease rods are used to separate the warp yarns, forming a shed and aiding the hands in keeping the yarns separated and in order.

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Subject: Bamboo Stick.

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Subject: Old and Dyed Cotton Yarn. Various cotton yarn hanks dyes in green, red, blue and yellow colors.

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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: Bamboo 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: Traditional Kancha. During separation and sizing of warp, the warp beam is stretched up to the width of the fabric to be woven. A brush made up of coconut fibers (kancha) is dipped in rice starch or another solution and applied to the warp. The process is repeated a few times before the warp is left to dry and then rolled up.

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Subject: Wooden Matia. Matia is a platform that is used for placing chadiki during winding of the yarn.

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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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