A bench is known as bannk in South Gujarat. The name and the design of bannk is derived from the Portuguese furniture banco. The design of this example is similar to the benches existing in the Portuguese churches of South Gujarat.
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Title: Bannk (Bench)
Location: Saronda, Valsad, Gujarat
Type: Aasan (Seating)
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