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Janeri | Shelf
Details
Category: Manjush
Location: Konara, Barmer, Rajasthan
Cultural region: Marwar
Materials: Earth (Mud)
Earth craft technique: Mud relief work, Plastering, Slab building
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
This janeri was recorded in the kitchen of a vernacular house in Barmer. Houses here were built as a cluster of circular structures with conical roofs, called dhani. Each formed a different space. The profile of a janeri differs according to the profile of the wall it is built against.
