Parendi (Water pitcher storage)

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India

This parendi found in Karauli had an elaborately carved stone base supported on carved stone brackets. The niche was shallow and as a result the stone ledge protruded more than in other examples we recorded.

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Title: Parendi (Water pitcher storage)
Location: Lakhruki, Karauli, 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: Stone
Stone Craft Technique: Carving, Dressing, Masonry, Painting
Region: Mewat - Brij

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