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Sanjeriyu (Cabinet)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
Traditionally, storage cabinets were built using a mixture of mud, dung and hay. On drying, the cabinets were often plastered with a mixture of lime and water, and ornamented with mud-relief work.
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- Title: Sanjeriyu (Cabinet)
- Location: Bhujodi, Kutch, Gujarat
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- Contributor: Mitraja Bais, Jay Thakkar, Samrudha Dixit, Ben Cartwright and Mansi S Rao
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Admixture (mud, hay & dung), Earth (Mud), Metal, Wood, Glass (Mirror), Lime
- Wood Craft Technique: Carving, Joinery
- Region: Kutch
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings, Stamping
- Lime Craft Technique: Plastering
- Earth Craft Technique: Mud mirror work
- Admixture Craft Technique: Slab building
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