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Tankhuniya (In-built cabinet)

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India

The space formed under the tankhuniya and the shelf above were used to keep items necessary for use as the women prepared food on a gas stove. Other houses in Gowari had tankhuniya almost identical to this one. They were just painted in different colours in different houses.

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  • Title: Tankhuniya (In-built cabinet)
  • Location: Gowari, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
  • Type: Manjush (Storage)
  • 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, Stone, Wood
  • Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Painting
  • Stone Craft Technique: Dressing, Masonry, Painting
  • Region: Vagad
  • Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University

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