Maroon Blouse Piece Mayura Puchha Ikat Blouses The 3rd & 4th pics

The 3rd & 4th pics are of the paintings which will come at the sleeves

in which the weft threads are set as black

The first 2 pics are of the main Buddha painting which will come at the back

Method of production of this fabric: The tie and dye or 'bandha' is done beforehand for hundreds of metres by two to three weavers together

Maroon Blouse Piece Mayura Puchha Ikat Blouses The 3rd & 4th picsPatta chitra means painting on cloth patta. It has flourished in Odisha since earlier than 15th century. Earth, stone, and mineral colours are used for painting on patta or specialised canvas medium prepared organically for painting such as: vermillion red hingula (cinnabar); brick red geru (red ochre); yellow hartala (orpiment); white sankh (conch shell); black lamp black; gum resin kaintha plant etc. Here is the pattachitra painting of a Mayura on