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Peti almari | Chest
Category: Manjush
Location: Mansa, Mansa, Punjab
Cultural region: Malwa
Materials: Glass, Metal, Paper, Wood
Metal craft technique: Fittings
Paper craft technique: Printing
Wood craft technique: Joinery, Painting
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
In this residence, a separate room was dedicated to keep the vernacular furniture like sandook, manja and the peti almari. The lady who this peti almari belonged to had stored in it the clothes, utensils, and phulkari bed sheets gifted by her mother-in-law, as a way to preserve the unique cultural gifts given in a wedding.