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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.
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- 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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