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Chaakkhi (Hand mill grinder)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
A hand mill grinder used to grind grains at home is known as chaakkhi. The two grinding stones are placed on a stand that collects the flour. In this chaakkhi, the stand was made from a mixture of mud and husk, and plastered with lime.
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- Title: Chaakkhi (Hand mill grinder)
- Location: Dhoj, Faridabad, 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: Admixture, Lime, Metal, Stone, Wood
- Stone Craft Technique: Carving, Dressing
- Region: Mewat
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
- Lime Craft Technique: Plastering
- Admixture Craft Technique: Slab building
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