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A peti is a chest used to store mattresses and clothes. It is generally raised off the floor on four turned or carved wooden legs. The common type of peti is made using a framework of horizontal and vertical wooden members with wooden panels fixed between them. The panels of this chest were decorated by painting floral patterns on them
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- Title: Peti (Chest)
- Location: Dhanaula, Barnala, Punjab
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- 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: Metal, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Painting
- Region: Malwa
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
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