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Sangamachi (Low chair)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
The seat of this traditional sangamachi is woven from paati (a strap of woven cotton). Its frame and ornamental danglers are made of turned and lacquered wood. This sangamachi was recorded at a furniture warehouse.
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- Title: Sangamachi (Low chair)
- Location: Dhoraji, Junagadh, 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
- Medium: Wood, Cotton (Strap)
- Wood Craft Technique: Carving, Joinery, Lacquering, Turning
- Region: Saurashtra
- Cotton Strap Technique: Weaving
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