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This palang was placed in the courtyard of an old chaupal, particularly for travellers to sleep and rest on their long journeys. A thin cotton mattress was provided by the neighbours to lay out on the palang while sleeping. It was made around twenty years ago.

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  • Title: Palang (Charpoy)
  • Location: Umra, Hisar, Haryana
  • Type: Manch (Sleeping)
  • 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: Cotton (Rope), Wood
  • Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning
  • Region: Bagad
  • Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University

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