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Old fabrics, shredded and made into ropes, were used in the webbing of this charpoy. This particular design is called a warki. The tensioning end of the webbing was called wadan and made using cotton ropes.
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- Title: Mausa (Charpoy)
- Location: Gol, Sirohi, 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: Textile, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
- Textile Craft Technique: Weaving
- Region: Godwad
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