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This macha, also recorded in a chaupal, was constructed using wood with the webbing made of cotton ropes. It was used by the men to sleep on or sit and play traditional games during the daytime. It was kept in the semi-open space near a takhat. Macha were fewer in number as compared to other types of charpoys.
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- Title: Macha (Charpoy)
- Location: Manduri, Palwal, Haryana
- Type: Manch (Sleeping)
- 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: Cotton (Rope), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning
- Region: Mewat
- Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
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