Sambalpuri Ikat Diamond Orange-Odisha Handloom Cotton Kurti

A bright orange Sambalpuri Ikat kurti hand woven in pure cotton by the Bandha weavers of Sonepur Odisha Diamond motifs in cream and deep indigo step down the body in measured columns the classic Sambalpuri grid that tells you a single weaver not a machine set this loom The handloom tell here is the dye depth Look at any two adjacent diamonds the orange ground shifts subtly in saturation because the yarn was dyed in small batches by hand before it ever reached the loom