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Tankhuniya (In-built cabinet)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
Tankhuniya is an in-built cabinet specifically built across the corner of a room. Like the aada, it is built when the house is being built. A carpenter would later be commissioned to fix a wooden frame and attach hinged shutters.
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Details
- Title: Tankhuniya (In-built cabinet)
- Location: Bada Doongra, Banswara, Rajasthan
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- 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: Metal, Stone, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Painting
- Stone Craft Technique: Dressing, Masonry, Painting
- Region: Vagad
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings, Painting
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