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SECTION  IV.—OTHER  KINDS  OF  METAL  WAUES.

Madras  Committee.
Goglets  (4),  brass  inlaid  with  pewter.  Trichinopoly. ­

“  Chemboos  ”  (6).  Drinking  vessels.  Chased
brass.  From  Trichinopoly  and  Tirupatty.
“  Chemboos  ”  (3),  brass  inlaid  with  copper.  Tirupatty. ­

“  Panchapatras  ”  (2).  Drinking  vessels,  brass.
Trichinopoly.
“  Guindys  ”  (5).  Drinking  vessels,  bronze.  Calicut. ­

Bombay  Committee.
Specimens  of  Bider  or  Bidri  wäre  (composition
metal  inlaid  with  silver).  From  Surat  and  Bombay.
Bidri  work  Hookas,  with  embroidered  pipes.
Bidri  work,  cup  and  saucer.
Bidri  work,  basin  and  cover  with  dish.
Bidri  work,  box.
Bidri  or  Biddery  work  is  a  species  of  inlaid  wäre
of  excellent  form  and  graceful  pattem.  It  derives
  its  name  from  Bider,  a  city  situated  about
60  miles  to  the  N.W.  of  Hyderabad.  The  following
  is  an  outline  of  the  manufacturing  process  :—
A  mould  of  the  required  object  is  formed  from  a
mixture  of  clay  or  sifted  laterite  dust,  and  cowdung.
  From  this  a  cast  is  obtained  in  an  alloy
consisting  of  onepart  of  copper  and  four  parts  of
pewter.  On  the  smooth  surface  of  the  cast,  a
design  is  first  traced  (by  hand),  and  afterwards
deeply  engraved  by  means  of  a  small  chisel  and
hammer.  Thin  plates  of  pure  silver  (or  in  the
more  durable  kind  of  Bidri  wäre,  silver  wire)  are
then  hammered  into  the  depressions  intended  for
them,  and  finally  the  surface  of  the  vessel  is
smoothed,  blackened,  and  polished.
Drinking  vessels  (42)  of  copper,  brass,  and  tin.
From  Nassick  and  Bombay.  “  Palas,”  “  Lotas,”
“  Tambias,”  “  Panchpatrees,”  and  “  Zarees.”
Vessels  for  holding  water  (15),  of  copper  and
brass.  From  Nassick  and  Bombay.  “  Kulsees,”
“  Flandas,”  “  Ghagurs,”  “  Sooryees,”  “  Porias,”
“  Gungals,”  and  “  Khujas.”
Vessels  for  cooking  and  other  domestic  purposes
(38),  of  copper  and  brass.  From  Bombay.  “  Gunj,”
“  Tupala,”  “Halwan,”  “Buckdee”  (frying  pan),
“  Kaduyee  ”  (frying  pan),  “  Karunda,”  “  Chalum,”
“  Tuvie  ”  (pot  cover),  “  Pulee,”  “  Moodalee  ”  (spoon),
“  Dowla”  (spoon),  “Purathe”  (spoon).
Plates  and  dishes  (10).  Copper  and  brass.  From
Bombay.
Lamps  (11)  and  oil  pots  (3).  Brass.  Bombay.
Tea-pot,  coffee-pot,  and  milk-pot.  Copper.  Bombay. ­

Hooka,  tin.  Bombay.
Spittoons  (2),  copper.  Bombay.
Fire  Stands  (2),  copper.  “  Dhoop,”  “  Dhaum,”
and“Augdan.”  From  Bombay.
Bengal  Committee.
Drinking  vessels  (5).  From'Hugli  and  Burdwan.
“  Gelas.”  Drinking  cup  with  lid.
“  Chakee.”  Drinking  cup  with  lid  and  tray.
“  Bati.”  A  brass  cup  (10  varieties).

Vessels  for  holding  or  carrying  water  (5).  From
Hugli  and  Burdwan.
“Ghada”  or  “Ghara.”  Brass  vessel  for  carrying ­
  water.
“  Garu.”  Brass  water-pot  with  spout.
“  Badna.”  Copper  water-pot  with  spout.
“  Dhothaki  Ghurra.”  Brass  water-pot.
“  Mitah  Ghurra.”  Brass  water-pot.
Cooking  Utensils.  Brass.  From  Hugli  and
Burdwan.
“  Ghati  ”  (9  varieties),  “  Dahor,”  “  Bahugna  ”
(3),  “  Tusla,”  “  Batule,”  “  Deck,”  “  Chatu
hari,”  “  Tauiah  hari,”  and  Chatoo  (iron  baking
platter).
Brass  trays.  From  Hugli  and  Burdwan.
“  Thala  ”  (3  varieties),  “  Shalbot,”  “  Rikabi  ”
(for  holding  flowers),  “  Bogi  thala.”  “  Parat.”
Other  domestic  Utensils.  Frcm  Hugli  and  Burdwan. ­

“  Tel  bhand  ”  (an  oil  pot),  “  Dhaknee  ”  (a
brass  cover),  “  Chillamchi  ”  (2  in  No.  ,  brass
washing  howls),  “  Mechla  ”  (a  brass  bowl),
“  Gamla  ”  (brass  washing  bowl),  “  Hattas  ”
(brass  and  iron  ladles),  “Jhangri”  (an  iron
strainer),  “  Khuntee  ”  (an  iron  spatula  for
stirring),  “  Hat  Kuruni”  (a  scraper),  “  Bonti  ”
(a  scraper  and  cutter),  “  Kuruni  ”  (a  scraper),
“  Beri  ”  (a  pair  of  tongs),  “  Pala  ”  (an  iron
ladle),  “  Tala  ”  (a  brass  padlock),  “  Tauiah
Jhanjrah  ”  (a  sieve  or  wash-pot),  “Thala”  (a
platter),  “  Tastooree  ”  (a  platter),  “  Jhinuk  ”
(a  canoe-shaped  metal  feeding  spoon.  “  Jhinuk ­
  ”  is  the  native  name  for  the  bivalve  Unio
marginalis  of  Lamarck,  common  in  the  tanks  of
Bengal).
Implements  connected  with  the  use  of  narcotics  :—
“  Gurguri.”  Metal  huka  with  snake  attached.
Hugli.
“  Baitak.”  Bell-metal  huka-stand.  Hugli.
“  Batta.”  A  spiee  and  betel-leaf  box.  Hugli.
“Janti”(2).  Betel-nut  Cutters.  Brass.  From
Burdwan  and  Kishoregunge.
“  Depa.”  A  receptacle  for  prepared  betel.
Brass  pan  box  (receptacle  for  prepared  betel).
From  Howrah.
Kooki  woman’s  tobacco  pipe,  with  receptacle  and
Alter  for  tobacco  juice.
The  reservoir  below  the  bowl  is  partly  Alled
with  water,  into  which  the  tobacco  juice  falls.
When  full  the  reservoir  is  emptied  into  the
Alter,  which  is  stuck  into  the  ground  at  the
sharp  end.
The  Kookis  keep  tobacco  juice  in  leaden  or
silver  vessels;  when  required  for  use  a  small
quantity  is  taken  into  the  mouth,  and  after
being  kept  there  for  some  time  is  spat  out  again.
Common  Kooki  pipe.
“  The  Kookis  are  great  tobacco  smokers,  and
“  have  the  same  eccentric  fancy  for  the  oil  of
“  tobacco  that  is  a  distinguishing  feature  of
“  the  Angami  Nagas,”  who  “collect  the  tobacco
“  oil  that  is  precipitated  in  the  bowl  of  the  pipe,
“  and  drink  it  mixed  with  water.”—Col.  Dalton.
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