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This charpoy, placed in the verandah of a house in Bharatpur, had a mosquito net attached to it using a bamboo frame tied to its legs. An ingenious arrangement designed by the users themselves.
Details
- Title: Khaat (Charpoy)
- Location: Shyorana, Bharatpur, Rajasthan
- Type: Manch (Sleeping)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Samrudha Dixit
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Cotton (Rope), Grass (Bamboo), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
- Region: Mewat - Brij
- Grass Craft Technique: Joinery
- Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
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