Aranmula kannadi
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Aranmula Kannadi, meaning the Aranmula mirror, is a handmade, metal-alloy, first surface mirror made in Aranmula, a small town in Pathanamthitta in the state of Kerala, India.
New Aranmula Kannadi
Aranmula kannadi
Aranmula kannadi in its raw, unpolished form
Aranmula kannadi in various etched brass frames on display
Bronze mirror
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Bronze mirrors preceded the glass mirrors of today. This type of mirror, sometimes termed a copper mirror, has been found by archaeologists among elite assemblages from various cultures, from Etruscan
Aranmula kannadi
…the alloy are maintained as family secrets; metallurgists suggest that the alloy is a mix of copper and tin, so a type of speculum metal, counting as a bronze mirror. It is polished for several days to achieve the mirror's reflective surface. The polishing is done using an abrasive paste made by mixing rice bran…
Etruscan mirror back incised with the Judgement of Paris, 4th–3rd century BCE (Musée du Louvre)
Maid holding folding mirror for her mistress, Greece, c. 100 BCE
An Eastern Han-period TLV mirror, 25–220 CE