Subject
Colours
Description
Raw uncooked white rice is roasted on a flat bottomed iron kadai over a controlled flame until burnt. Once black, this is ground to a paste on a shil nora (traditional grinding stones). The paste is then mixed with natural glue made from wood-apples (bel-er atha). The colour thus produced is placed on hollowed out coconut shells.
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