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Charkha (Spinning wheel)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
It was common practice for the family carpenter to gift a khaat, palang, or charkha to a woman when she gave birth to her first son. In return, the carpenter and his family were gifted with clothes, grains and sweets. This charkha was one such example gifted to the eldest lady in the family, around forty years ago.
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Details
- Title: Charkha (Spinning wheel)
- Location: Baragaon, Karnal, Haryana
- Type: Vastu (Object)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Rishav Jain, Ben Cartwright and Radha Devpura
- 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: Carving, Joinery, Turning
- Region: Nardak
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
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