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Hookhi (Smoking pipe)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
A smoking pipe smaller in size than a hookah is known as hookhi. It is smoked only by elderly women in Haryana. This hookhi was smoked by a woman twice a day, after every meal, while sitting on patadi (floor seat).
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Details
- Title: Hookhi (Smoking pipe)
- Location: Pai, Kaithal, Haryana
- Type: Vastu (Object)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Rishav Jain, Ben Cartwright and Radha Devpura
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Earth (Terracotta), Metal (Brass & Copper), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Turning
- Region: Nardak
- Metal Craft Technique: Casting, Bending, Fittings, Welding
- Earth Craft Technique: Firing
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