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A stone mortar and a wooden pestle in the courtyard of a house in Porbandar. The courtyard space is also used to dry grains which are husked and de-hulled with the use of the sambelu.
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- Title: Sambelu (Pestle)
- Location: Chingariya, Porbandar, Gujarat
- Type: Vastu (Object)
- Contributor: Mitraja Bais, Jay Thakkar, Samrudha Dixit, Ben Cartwright and Mansi S Rao
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Wood, Stone, Metal (Iron)
- Wood Craft Technique: Carving, Turning
- Stone Craft Technique: Dressing
- Region: Saurashtra
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
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