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This palang was placed in the courtyard of an old chaupal, particularly for travellers to sleep and rest on their long journeys. A thin cotton mattress was provided by the neighbours to lay out on the palang while sleeping. It was made around twenty years ago.
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- Title: Palang (Charpoy)
- Location: Umra, Hisar, Haryana
- Type: Manch (Sleeping)
- 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: Cotton (Rope), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning
- Region: Bagad
- Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
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