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Chowki (Low surface)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
It is said that the number of edges of a chowki implies the number of people who can dine on it. In the case of an octagram shaped one, the eight corners imply that a group of maximum eight people could dine sitting around it.
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Details
- Title: Chowki (Low surface)
- Location: The South Asia Collection, from Rajasthan
- Type: Sapaat (Surface)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Samrudha Dixit
- Rights: South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Brass, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning, Lacquering
- Metal Craft Technique: Riveting, Beating, Fittings
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