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| area = [[Bastar district]], [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
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'''Bastar Iron Craft''' (also known as "Wrought iron craft of Baster") is a traditional Indian [[iron]] crafts that are manufactured in the [[Bastar district|Bastar]] district of [[Chhattisgarh]] state, [[India]]. The iron-crafting work has been protected under the [[geographical indication]] (GI) of the [[Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights]] (TRIPS) agreement. It is listed at item 82 as "Bastar Iron Craft" of the GI Act 1999 of the Government of India with registration confirmed by the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/treasures_protected/registered_GI_18November2015.pdf|title=State Wise Registration Details Of G.I Applications|accessdate=5 July 2016|publisher=Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201065403/http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/treasures_protected/registered_GI_18November2015.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2016}}</ref><br />
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The iron craft skill is passed through generation to generation in Bastar region. Some tribal communities are experts in iron craft work and many of them became as iron-smiths. Among many communities [[Gondi people|Gondi]] and [[Madiya language|Maria]] are notable for the traditional iron-crafting.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dsource.in/resource/wrought-iron-craft-bastar/history | title=/ Wrought Iron Craft of Bastar - History | accessdate=5 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Bidriware]]<br />
*[[Kinnal Craft]]<br />
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* [[List of Geographical Indications in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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;Bibliography<br />
* {{cite book | title=Tribal arts and crafts of Madhya Pradesh | publisher=Mapin Publishing | author=Manohar, Aashi | year=1996 | pages=142 | isbn=0-944142-71-0}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=The India Magazine of Her People and Culture, Volume 7 | publisher=A. H. Advani | year=1986 | pages=142 }}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/dsource/gallery/wrought-iron-craft-bastar Design Gallery: Wrought Iron craft of Bastar]<br />
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[[Category:Indian metalwork]]<br />
[[Category:Artistic techniques]]<br />
[[Category:Bastar district]]<br />
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