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Mudha is a chair made of sarkanda grass which grows locally in many parts of Punjab. The stems of the grass are joined together to form the cylindrical body and the backrest. The seat is woven using munjh ki rassi (rope made using munjh which is the outer sheath covering of the sarkanda grass).
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- Title: Mudha (Chair)
- Location: Sarai Khas, Jalandhar, Punjab
- Type: Aasan (Seating)
- 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: Grass, Grass (Sarkanda), Nylon (Rope)
- Region: Doaba
- Grass Craft Technique: Joinery
- Grass (Sarkanda) Technique: Weaving
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