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Oral accounts from the field suggest that a pidha is customarily reserved as a seat for the eldest woman in the house. This type of pidha is mostly found in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan.

Details

  • Title: Pidha (Low chair)
  • Location: Nawalgarh, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan
  • Type: Aasan (Seating)
  • 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: Grass (Jute), Wood
  • Wood Craft Technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
  • Region: Shekhawati
  • Grass Craft Technique: Weaving

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