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Ghanti ane thalo (Hand mill grinder & stand)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
While the ghanti is most often made of dressed stone and a wooden handle, the thalo can be of different materials. This particular thalo is made of an admixture of mud, hay and dung.
Details
- Title: Ghanti ane thalo (Hand mill grinder & stand)
- Location: Mangal Mahudi, Dahod, Gujarat
- Type: Vastu (Object)
- 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: Admixture (mud, hay & dung), Stone, Wood
- Stone Craft Technique: Dressing
- Region: East Gujarat
- Admixture Craft Technique: Slab building
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