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In Saurashtra, like the dholio, cradles made of turned wood are lacquered with auspicious colours, such as red, yellow, green and often a blue colour. This ghodiyu is nearly a hundred years old.
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- Title: Ghodiyu (Cradle)
- Location: Reshamiya, Surendranagar, Gujarat
- Type: Manch (Sleeping)
- Contributor: Mitraja Bais, Jay Thakkar, Samrudha Dixit, Ben Cartwright and Mansi S Rao
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Metal (Iron), Textile, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Lacquering, Turning
- Region: Saurashtra
- Metal Craft Technique: Bending, Fittings
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