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Ghaduchi (Water pitcher storage)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
With water being scarce in the region, ways to store it have manifested into diverse types of water storage furniture. Ghaduchi which literally translates to ‘for a pot’, is a water pitcher stand. A typical design of a ghaduchi is a trestle structure, that comprises a horizontal surface supported on four legs that splay outwards.
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- Title: Ghaduchi (Water pitcher storage)
- Location: Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Samrudha Dixit
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Carving, Joinery
- Region: Marwar
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