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Warrior and attendants plaque, brass relief sculpture by Edo artists in the court of the kingdom of Benin (now Nigeria), 16th–17th century; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
In the context of metalwork, craftspeople in Cuttack, located in the Indian state of Odisha, were renowned for producing exceptionally fine silver filigree.
This decorative technique involves curling, twisting, or plaiting fine, pliable silver threads into delicate, lacelike openwork designs, which are then secured by soldering the wires at their points of contact. In Cuttack, this intricate craft was applied to create detailed jewelry as well as a variety of larger decorative items.12