Khatam Kari is one of many handicrafts of Isfahan. It is defined as art of decorating the surface of objects with small equilateral triangles made of ivory, bone, wood and brass twisted wire laid side by side that result in a geometrical pattern. These triangles are put on the surface of inner, outer or both sides of wooden objects with the thickness of 2 centimeters. The raw materials include: areca wood, walnut wood, orange wood, Jujube wood, camel bone, brass twisted wire, hot isinglass, cold isinglass, formaldehyde, fiber and varnishes and plywood . Many objects can be decorated using Khatam including Picture frames, cigarette boxes, rod, pipe, makeup boxes, key rings, pen holder and album cover.
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