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Traditional Dyes and Crafts used in the Collections

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Natural Dyes:

Common Name: Shoe flower (Gurhal)
Botanical Name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Range of colors: Shades of Blue, Red, Purple & Green
Medicinal Properties:

  • Controls blood sugars
  • Diabetes

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Common Name: Myrobalan (Harda)
Botanical Name: Terminalia chebula
Range of colors: Shades of Yellow
Medicinal Properties:

  • Antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, controls cholesterol
  • Hypertension, anemia, asthma cures, wounds, ulcers

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Common Name: Indigo
Botanical Name: Indigofera tinctoria
Range of colors: Shades of Blue & Green
Medicinal Properties:

  • Antibacterial, antiallergy, antiseptic and aromatic, anti-inflammatory properties
  • Controls cholesterol, helps reducing the insulin resistance, thus controls diabetes, boosts immunity, anaemia, skin diseases

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Traditional Craft:

Craft Name: Lace Making & Embroidery
Location: Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Community: Not Specific
Similar Crafts in the world: Lace making in Kerala

A delicate fabric made out of thread in an open web like pattern by machine or hand is called Lace. Originally linen, silk, gold, or silver threads were used to make exquisite and fine laces by hand. Now it is is often made with cotton thread, although linen and silk threads are still available. Manufactured lace may be made of synthetic fibre.

Process:

  • Threads are wound to a bobbin using winding machine.
  • The selected design traced on a cardboard is pierced at regular intervals on a cardboard by use of pins.
  • Cardboard is placed on the pillow and bobbins which are made in pairs are interlaced step by step around the pins.
  • Weaving starts by movement of the bobbins along the patterns.
  • After the lace is made, it is attached to the different fabric.

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Source :
https://www.dsource.in/resource/lace-craft-kanyakumari-tamilnadu/introduction
https://www.dsource.in/resource/lace-craft-kanyakumari-tamilnadu/making-process
http://www.discoveredindia.com/kerala/handicrafts-in-kerala/lace-and-embrodiery.htm
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