Uniqueness

• ✓Handcrafted and lacquered using natural & organic dyes.
• ✓This craft is carved out of “Ankudu Kana”, one of the best in quality wood, used for making handicrafts.
• ✓This craft reflects the artisan's relationship with their ancestral, cultural, ethnic, historic, mystic & religious subjects.
• ✓Craft Traditionally Valued among the community.

Product details

Material

Ankudu Wood

Weight

100-125 g

Dimension

LxWxHeight = 3x3x5 Inches

Lacquer

Natural & Organic Vegetable Dyes

Process

Handcrafted

Using of a colorless resinous secretion from numerous insects to enrich the Organic colors extracted from vegetables is unique to Etikoppaka Toys.

Etikoppaka Toys Etikoppaka is a small village on the banks of river Varaha in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Manufactured in this belt is the exceptional and admirable lacquered wooden craft, traditionally known as the Etikoppaka toys or Etikoppaka Bommalu. The craft dates back to more than 400 years. It is believed to be inherited during the early 18th century from a village called Nakkapalli. The product is made of "Ankudu woods", also known as " Ankudi Kharra". This is commonly known as the ivory wood.