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Natural shellac

Documented in the archive in connection with Channapatna Wood & Lac Turning (Channapatna, Ramanagara, Karnataka, India).

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Classification
Material
Origin / Scope
India
Connected Rooms
1 Tradition
Bibliography
1 Source

Archival note & context

Natural shellac is attested in the primary archival record for Channapatna Wood & Lac Turning in Channapatna, Ramanagara, Karnataka, India.

Artisans in Channapatna turn seasoned aale mara (ivory-wood) on bow and power lathes, pressing natural lac-resin sticks directly against the hot spinning timber so frictional heat fuses a mirror-bright finish burnished with screw-pine leaf.

Awaiting an updated craft-census citation before a formal condition mark is assigned.

Associated traditions

1
Channapatna Wood & Lac Turning
Channapatna, Ramanagara, Karnataka, India · Craft
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Sources

1

What’s on this page is sourced from the citation below.

SourcePublisherLicence
Channapatna Wood & Lac Turning — Folkroom Primary Archive Dossier (India)National InventoryCC BY-SA 4.0
"Natural shellac." Folkroom Archive (Materials), https://folkroom.org/materials/natural-shellac · CC BY-SA 4.0.