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MetalworkGI Tagged · 2006
Bidriware
TownBidar
StateKarnataka
Craft typeMetalwork
GI tag2006
About
A distinctive blackened metal inlay craft using an alloy of zinc and copper, hand-engraved and inlaid with pure silver wire, then oxidized in a special local soil to produce its signature jet-black finish.
Did you know? Bidriware's deep black colour comes from soil taken only from in and around Bidar Fort, the exact mineral composition of this particular soil cannot be replicated anywhere else, which is why the craft has never successfully relocated.