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Old 12th March 2007, 05:04 PM   #4
Nick Wardigo
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I assume you mean a variation on the technique of pounding silver wire onto a scored surface. I usually call such types of decoration "overlay" as opposed to "inlay," which is, of course, silver wire forced into a carved channel. In the absence of an appropriate Burmese term, I think English is fine (or, at least, preferable to the Indian term).
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