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Hookah (Smoking pipe)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
In this village, hookah was also known as ‘pancho ka pyaala’, indicating that it was meant to be smoked by a minimum of five people. Groups of men would sit around a hookah and discuss diverse topics like politics, everyday life of people in the village and plans to undertake for the benefit of the village and the community.
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Details
- Title: Hookah (Smoking pipe)
- Location: Himda, Karnal, 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: Earth (Terracotta), Metal (Brass & Copper), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Turning
- Region: Nardak
- Metal Craft Technique: Casting, Bending, Fittings, Welding
- Earth Craft Technique: Firing
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