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SUNNAPUBATTI- Lime Making Earthen Furnace, Andhra Pradesh
Keywords: Traditional Lime making earthen furnace
Publisher: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal
Description: In North Coastal Andhra Pradesh there is a community called Nagavansam –
the traditional lime stone collector, maker and seller community. In Andhra Pradesh particularly the Vizianagaram district, lime stone is found abundantly. This community has an expertise to easily identify and explore the lime stone deposits. They have traditional earthen furnace Sunnapubatti for firing of raw lime stone. Sunnapubattis are round earthen chambers for firing lime stone. There are three earthen furnaces each has 2ft. radius and 2 ft. height supported with four earthen angles and well placed round air passages for receiving natural air in this earthen chamber they proportionately mix and place charcoal (Boggu) and lime stone (Sunnapuralu) from bottom of the earthen chamber up to the top. There are separate air blocks inside the chamber putting small and fired clay pieces.
Source: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal
Type: Exhibitions
Received From: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Andhra Pradesh |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-02T13:22:03Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-02T13:22:03Z |
| dc.description | In North Coastal Andhra Pradesh there is a community called Nagavansam – the traditional lime stone collector, maker and seller community. In Andhra Pradesh particularly the Vizianagaram district, lime stone is found abundantly. This community has an expertise to easily identify and explore the lime stone deposits. They have traditional earthen furnace Sunnapubatti for firing of raw lime stone. Sunnapubattis are round earthen chambers for firing lime stone. There are three earthen furnaces each has 2ft. radius and 2 ft. height supported with four earthen angles and well placed round air passages for receiving natural air in this earthen chamber they proportionately mix and place charcoal (Boggu) and lime stone (Sunnapuralu) from bottom of the earthen chamber up to the top. There are separate air blocks inside the chamber putting small and fired clay pieces. |
| dc.source | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpeg |
| dc.publisher | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal |
| dc.subject | Traditional Lime making earthen furnace |
| dc.type | Exhibitions |
| dc.identifier.other | EXHIBIT NO. 16 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Andhra Pradesh |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-02T13:22:03Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-02T13:22:03Z |
| dc.description | In North Coastal Andhra Pradesh there is a community called Nagavansam – the traditional lime stone collector, maker and seller community. In Andhra Pradesh particularly the Vizianagaram district, lime stone is found abundantly. This community has an expertise to easily identify and explore the lime stone deposits. They have traditional earthen furnace Sunnapubatti for firing of raw lime stone. Sunnapubattis are round earthen chambers for firing lime stone. There are three earthen furnaces each has 2ft. radius and 2 ft. height supported with four earthen angles and well placed round air passages for receiving natural air in this earthen chamber they proportionately mix and place charcoal (Boggu) and lime stone (Sunnapuralu) from bottom of the earthen chamber up to the top. There are separate air blocks inside the chamber putting small and fired clay pieces. |
| dc.source | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpeg |
| dc.publisher | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal |
| dc.subject | Traditional Lime making earthen furnace |
| dc.type | Exhibitions |
| dc.identifier.other | EXHIBIT NO. 16 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
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