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Jandiala Guru Thathera Hammered Brass & Copper Utensil Craft

India

Hand-hammered brass, copper, and kansi bell-metal vessel forging of the Thathera guild in Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, Punjab.

Jandiala Guru Thathera Hammered Brass & Copper Utensil Craft — archival documentary photograph
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Heated circular metal plates are beaten over sunken stone-and-iron anvils into spherical degchi, gaggar, and paraat vessels using graded wooden and iron mallets, creating concentric dimpled hammer marks (mathar) that strengthen the metal without soldering. 1

Inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List in 2014 as India's first traditional metalwork inscription. 1

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