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Dhaliyu (Merchant’s desk)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
The slanting plank is hinged on the top end and opens to provide access to the storage space below. This space was used to keep account documents and money. A lock could be used to keep them safe.
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Details
- Title: Dhaliyu (Merchant’s desk)
- Location: Reshamiya, Surendranagar, Gujarat
- Type: Sapaat (Surface)
- 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
- Medium: Metal, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning
- Region: Saurashtra
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
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