LAC
CRAFT CLUSTER FROM RAJASTHAN, INDIA.
LAC, A RESINOUS substance produced by the female lac insect found in abundance in the forests of Rajasthan, is formed into a variety of jewellery items, chief among them the chudi or bangle. Although all lac jewellery is regarded as propitious and is worn especially on auspicious occasions, lac bangles are also worn to signify that the wearer is married. The bangles are available in a stunning array of colours and are also frequently studded (naggashi worked) with glass pieces. bright stones, and beads. The traditional bangles are plain and ornamented with leheriya, wave-like patterns of diagonal lines. Motifs such as the patta (straight lines) or phooldar (Moral) are etched onto the surface of multiple layers of many hued lac coats, thus revealing the colour embedded in the initial layers.