This tokri was filled with cucumbers freshly harvested from the field. It was kept on the kitchen platform in the house to be washed and cooked. Food kept in a tokri is generally kept covered using a lid or a smaller basket.
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Title: Tokri (Basket)
Location: Deeghot, Palwal, Haryana
Type: Vastu (Object)
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: Grass (Mulberry branch)
Region: Mewat
Grass Craft Technique: Basketry
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