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ACTIVITIES 4 U

DID YOU KNOW
TEST YOUR ‘METAL’! The logo of
INTACH has been
derived from the
1 2 3 3000 year old
anthropomorphic copper
4 ﬁ gure from Shahbad
Uttar Pradesh.
5 Across
1. Traditional metal
6 container used in Kashmir
5. A cutting instrument used in Bengal
7. Odisha is famous for this metal craft
8. Metal boxes used to store jewellery
7 9. Unique mirror made in Kerala
Down
2. Divine engineer and architect
8 3. Mastered by the Damar Tribe
4. The most famous craft of Andhra Pradesh
6. The art of inlaying iron objects with gold and silver

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METAL MARVELS
see them in...

1. National Handicrafts &
METALS DOWN THE AGES Handlooms Museum, Delhi
2. Madras Craft Foundation, Chennai
Human civilization had witnessed Bronze Age, 3. Sudarshan Crafts Museum, Puri
Iron Age and Aluminium Age. Can you think of
the metal which will be the most predominant in 4. Shri Partap Singh Museum, Srinagar
the next 100 years or so? Give reasons for your 5. Crafts Museum, Kolkata
answer. 6. Sanskriti Pratisthan’s Anandagram Museum of
Everyday Art, Delhi
Name of the metal _______________________

Reason ______________________________
EVERYDAY ARTWORK
___________________________________
Subodh Gupta, a Delhi-
___________________________________
based artist, is well-known
for experimental art.
AMAZING ALLOYS He transforms objects

Zinc + Copper =______________________________ of everyday use, such as
Lead + Tin = _________________________________ glasses and tifﬁ n carriers
____________________ = German Silver into works of art.
____________________ = Bronze
Copper + Tin = ________________________

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