Black (from soot)

Subject

Colours

Description

A handi is positioned over the flame of a lamp overnight. The soot that forms on the inner concave of the handi is collected in hollowed out coconut shells and mixed with natural glue made from wood-apples (bel-er atha).

Creator

Chitrakar, Khaleda
Chitrakar, Lutfa
Chitrakar, Rehana
Chitrakar, Mahim

Publisher

University of Exeter

Date

2019-11-10

Contributor

Dutta, Shrutakirti
Halder, Bhagirath
Mondal, Sujit
Mukherjee, Ayesha

Rights

CC-BY-NC

Format

Photo
Video

Type

Colour making

Duration

30 min

Event Type

Colour making