Inda (Pot ring)

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India

An inda or indi is a ring used to keep pots. An inda is bigger in size than indi. Dried rice stalks were twisted and coiled together to form this pot ring, which was particularly used to keep pots or pitchers upright while churning buttermilk in a rai (churner).

Details

Title: Inda (Pot ring)
Location: Dhoj, Faridabad, 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: Grass (Straw)
Region: Mewat
Grass Craft Technique: Coiling, Weaving

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