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Paniyara (Water pitcher storage)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
A simple and frugal paniyara with just a single niche and a stone ledge was built at the entrance of an Adivasi house. The family filled water from the nearby hand pump and stored it for drinking purposes.
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Details
- Title: Paniyara (Water pitcher storage)
- Location: Malpura, Udaipur, Rajasthan
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Samrudha Dixit
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Earth (Mud), Stone
- Stone Craft Technique: Dressing, Masonry
- Region: Mewar
- Earth Craft Technique: Lipan kaam
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