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(ii) Wire Drawing and Jari Work - Wire drawing craft has been known in India both for the manufacture of Gold and Silver Jari as well as fine wire of bronze, brass, iron and steel used in the string musical instruments like sitar, sarangi, veena etc. The art of jari making and production of ‘Brocade’ and embroidery silk has been known atleast for the past 4000 years. The silk cloth and Brocade of India had been as famous in the world as the Chinese silk. The process of manufacture of jari thread consists of first making a fine wire of Gold, Silver or their alloy and then flattening them to obtain thin strips having highly polished and shining surface. These strips were then wound around silk and cotton thread to produce jari thread.