Sarota (Nut Cracker)

National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy

Title : Sarota (Nut Cracker)

Accession No : 64/7/3159 (25)

This is a Sarota from Maharashtra, with the a running deer figurine on its upper cutting blade. The posterior handles are pointed. This Sarota has linear patterns on its body.

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Source

  • RepositoryNational Crafts Museum and Hastkala Academy
  • CollectionMuseum Collection

Provenance

  • CountryIndia
  • StateMaharashtra

Period

  • Start DateMid 20th century

Condition

  • ConditionGood
  • Action NoteCNR

Dimensions

  • Weight (GRMS)0.00

Significance

  • ArtisticA Sarota is basically a nut cracker, shaped like a scissor with handles and cutting blades. It resembles a shear, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the centre, by which they are held together.

Description

  • DescriptionThis is a Sarota from Maharashtra, with the a running deer figurine on its upper cutting blade. The posterior handles are pointed. This Sarota has linear patterns on its body.
  • Inscription/Markings No
  • Reference"Ranjan, Aditi. Handmade in India: Crafts of India. Edited by Aditi Ranjan & M. P. Ranjan. Ahmedabad: Council of Handicraft Development Corporations, 2007. Chattopadhaya, Kamaladevi. Handicrafts of India. New Delhi: Indian Council for Cultural Research, 1975. S.D. Trivedi, U.C. Dwivedi, ed. metallic Art of India. New Delhi: Sharda Publishning House, 2009."
  • KeywordSarota, Nut, Cracker, Scissors, Blade