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'Indi Phitwb'- the eri cocoon are open-mouthed, as the silk filament is not wrapped as in mulberry, muga and tassar. Hence, the eri cocoons cannot be reeled but spun like cotton. The shape, size and color of the endi cocoon vary on the host plant leaves.
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थना (Thona) it is a type of bowl made with banana pseudostem leaf sheaths, the pseudostem of banana is cut into desirable length which is then split and each of the leaf sheaths of pseudostem are removed carefully.
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थनाखं(Thonakhong) is a plate made from pseudostem leaf sheaths of banana.
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The most important appliance used for spinning eri cocoons is the drop spindle (Thaokhri/takuri). It is a simple device made of bamboo; a cylindrical stick tapering towards one end, and a disc-like structure is embedded towards the other end.