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Cultivation of jute in Haryana, is not as common as it was previously. As an alternative to jute ropes, fabric waste or strips of old clothes are braided together to form ropes. Women prepare these at home and use it to weave the webbing for piddi, like in this example and other types of vernacular furniture.
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- Title: Piddo (Stool)
- Location: Duloth, Mahendragarh, Haryana
- Type: Aasan (Seating)
- 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: Ahirwal
- Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
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