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People would sit on a macha and play traditional board games. This charpoy’s webbing is woven in a chequered pattern that resembles the traditional board of chaupat, thereby acting as the game board surface. The webbing design is called chaupati because of this reason.
Details
- Title: Macha (Charpoy)
- Location: Dighda gadaan, Barmer, Rajasthan
- Type: Manch (Sleeping)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Samrudha Dixit
- 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: Carving, Joinery, Turning
- Region: Marwar
- Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
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