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Chowki (Low surface)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
While dining from a single thali (plate) on a chowki, roti and rice are served on the plate along with an assortment of vegetables, curries and sweets served in katori (bowls). Separate glasses of water and buttermilk are provided to each person that would be placed within the triangular ends formed in this octagram shaped chowki.
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Details
- Title: Chowki (Low surface)
- Location: Ramgarh, Sikar, Rajasthan
- Type: Sapaat (Surface)
- 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 (Brass), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning
- Region: Shekhawati
- Metal Craft Technique: Beating, Bending, Cladding, Inlay
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