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A mudda is used by the women to sit while cooking food on a chulha (hearth) and grinding grains in a chakki (hand mill grinder). Coir rope is tied around the mudda starting from the centre, to tightly hold the rice stalks in place and to prevent them from splitting.

Details

  • Title: Mudda (Floor seat)
  • Location: Murtazabad (Sadaugarhi), Palwal, Haryana
  • Type: Aasan (Seating)
  • 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
  • Region: Mewat
  • Grass Craft Technique: Coiling, Joinery

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