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This pilang, generally used indoors, was brought out to the courtyard during the winter afternoons for the family to have a chat or take a nap. The cover used for the webbing was made from an unused saree of one of the women in the family. The webbing was woven using cotton ropes.
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- Title: Pilang (Charpoy)
- Location: Balali, Charkhi Dadri, Haryana
- Type: Manch (Sleeping)
- 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), Textile, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning
- Region: Ahirwal
- Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
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