The village artisan in rural areas of Odisha make best use of the humblstraw materials like grass tansforming them in to beautiful things of use. From the raw materials the stem of the Khuskhus plant, women make a variety of boxes, baskets dinning, mats which have displayed in the gallery. The articles made out of this grass look shining because of the golden colour of the stem. The ordinary sap mat for which Balasore district has a name is a common thing in Oriya houses. It possess an artistic thread mat woven with complicated designs.