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Longpi Pottery
TownUkhrul
StateManipur
Craft typePottery
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About
A rare potter's-wheel-free pottery tradition made from a mix of weathered rock and clay found only in the Longpi area, hand-shaped and burnished to a smooth, stone-like black finish.
Did you know? Longpi Pottery is made without a potter's wheel at all — pieces are hand-built from a unique rock-and-clay mixture found only near Longpi village, which is what gives the pottery its unusual stone-like durability.