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The manja in the eastern parts of Malwa region have slender legs which are most often turned but not always lacquered. This is unlike the examples recorded in the western Malwa region where the legs are turned in bulbous profiles and always lacquered.
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- Title: Manja (Charpoy)
- Location: Jhanda Kalan, Mansa, Punjab
- Type: Manch (Sleeping)
- Contributor: Rishav Jain, Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Abhishek Ruikar
- 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: Turning, Joinery
- Region: Malwa
- Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
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