Traditional crafts of Karnataka — documented in depth.
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In Mysuru, artisans cut pictures into dark rosewood and fill them with ivory, pearl and coloured wood — a royal craft, known locally as Kundana Kale, that still glows after two centuries.
Turned on a lathe and coloured with lacquer on the spin, Channapatna's wooden toys have delighted children for two centuries — and they are still safe enough to chew.
Silver inlaid on metal blackened with soil from Bidar Fort — Bidriware is the Deccan's most dramatic craft, and one of its most endangered.