Tools and Raw Materials

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Terracotta Dagga - Agartala, Tripura

Tabla Making

Tools and Raw Materials

Tools and raw materials that are used for making terracotta dagga are:

• Goat Hide: It is used for making the head of a tabla.

• Clay Dagga: It is used as a base for the Bayan and Dayan (Tabla).

• String Rope: It is used to tie the head and base of Dagga together on the transitory.

• Castor Oil: It is used to apply on stripped leather for easy friction.

• Buffalo Skin: It is stripped and used to connect the head and bottom of the
Dagga.

• Chisel: Long bladed hand tool with a reduced cutting edge.

• Cutting Plier: It is used to tighten the leather strips

• Pointed Chisel: It is used to pierce a hole on the leather sheet.

• Syahi Masala: It is used to apply in the middle of the sheet as a black circle for the different patterns of tone on the same sheet.

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Terracotta Dagga - Agartala, Tripura