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The seat of this pidhi was woven using cotton ropes of two colours creating an intricate floral pattern. Traditionally, each village would have at least one craftsperson who was skilled in weaving decorative patterns on the webbing of pidhi and manja (charpoy).
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- Title: Pidhi (Stool)
- Location: Bassi Gujjran, Rupnagar, Punjab
- Type: Aasan (Seating)
- Contributor: Rishav Jain, Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Abhishek Ruikar
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Cotton (Rope), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Turning, Joinery
- Region: Malwa
- Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
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