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Gokhlu (Wall niche)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
Gokhlu in Gujarati means a receptacle. Many traditional and vernacular dwellings feature tiny in-built wall niches in most rooms of the house.
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- Title: Gokhlu (Wall niche)
- Location: Saronda, Valsad, Gujarat
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- Contributor: Mitraja Bais, Jay Thakkar, Samrudha Dixit, Ben Cartwright and Mansi S Rao
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Earth, Lime
- Region: South Gujarat
- Lime Craft Technique: Plastering
- Earth Craft Technique: Brick masonry
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