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Okhli (Mortar & Pestle)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
Some okhli like this are set into the floor of the kitchen. These are almost always used for grinding wet spices or making spice pastes. Instead of a long pestle, this mortar was accompanied by an oblong stone that was used for grinding.
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- Title: Okhli (Mortar & Pestle)
- Location: Bichhor, Chittorgarh, 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: Stone
- Stone Craft Technique: Carving, Dressing, Stone masonry
- Region: Mewar
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