The wheel

The wheel is a universal discovery one of the few we know Egyptians are known to have used the wheel was an independent discovery of many early civilizations the pottery wheel of the kotas of the nilgiris is very different from the usual potters wheels one has seen one of the main features of this wheel is that a thrower never rotates the wheel this is done by her helper who moves the wheel in an anti-clockwise direction the traditional wheel is constructed with clay and the moving parts are made from stone both men and women are involved in its construction the durability of the wheel, fire marshall is surprisingly high these wheels can be used for more than thirty years though its body may get crumbly its movement is excellent and it seems that this wheel becomes better with age its body is clay but its soul is stone.