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Black pottery: Manipur – India
Manipur Black pottery is made by Tangkhul Naga tribe of Ukhrul district using a large number of natural materials. These contain serpentinite rock (black stone), weather rock, reddish-brown seeds of Chiron-na and so on. This pottery has been imparted the fire-resistance feature due to use of serpentinite rock. In Manipur this craft is pursued by…