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Recorded at a warehouse in Sikar, this pidha is said to be approximately 40 years old. It was carefully stored to be used as a sample to make similar new pidha. The danglers near the lumbar are unique to this particular piece.
Details
- Title: Pidha (Low chair)
- Location: Ramgarh, Sikar, 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: Cotton (Rope), Metal, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
- Region: Shekhawati
- Metal Craft Technique: Bending, Fittings
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