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Handicrafts: Lacquer Work

"Toys and Boxes"
Lacquer WorkTucked away in a corner of Orissa, Nowrangpur in Koraput district cradles gifted lacquerware artisan who make quaint lac boxes, wall plaques and decorative toys by applying molten, coloured lac, obtained by tapping native trees, on bamboo matting and terracotta cores.

The work is executied in delightgul folk designs, and form an important part of a girls' trousseau in Orissa. Among other beauties of this crafts are the bangles, necklaces and toys, all of them distinctive and hence in great demand by the cognoscenti. Bamboo boxes are lacquered in various colours and shades. Thse bamboo boxes in graduated sizes are widely exported. The accompanying illustrations reveal the sparkle of these boxes. Naturally these boxes make for attractive presentation items on all occasions.

Lacquerware artisan families are also sprinkled in Berhampur and Dharakot in Ganjam district. The annual production aggregates around a million rupees today.


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