Product details

Uniqueness

The metal fish that moves just like a live one

Material

Brass

Handcrafted By

Kansari community

Note:

The brass fish becomes more flexible with time and use.

SKU

BELLAGUNTHA/FISH/6IN

A rare, centuries-old metal handicraft that moves just like a live one, originating from the village of Belaguntha in the Ganjam district of Odisha.

Belaguntha Flexible Brass Fish is a rare, centuries-old metal handicraft originating from the village of Belaguntha in the Ganjam district of Odisha. Traditionally, the bride would be sent to her new home along with a wooden box that contained the flexible metal fish alongside sindoor and coins, in the belief that it would bring long-lasting harmony to the marriage.