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Wooden caskets were often made with local hardwood and had no carvings on them. Painting regional narratives was a means of ornamentation. Such painted caskets were a common sight in the many trade collections in Rajasthan.
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- Title: Peti (Casket)
- Location: Udaipur, Udaipur, Rajasthan
- Type: Vastu (Object)
- 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 (Iron), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Painting
- Region: Mewar
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
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