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Kans constructed in the living areas are used to display utensils and crockery in the house. It is considered as a symbol of one’s status as it is indicative of the number of people the family can host at any given time. This shelf was covered with a shiny sheet of plastic and was used to display brass utensils owned by the family
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- Title: Kans (Shelf)
- Location: Rahon, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- Contributor: Rishav Jain, Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Abhishek Ruikar
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Wood
- Region: Doaba
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