Jhula | Swing

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Category: Aasan
Location: Khadagada, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Cultural region: Vagad
Materials: Metal, Wood
Wood craft technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
Metal craft technique: Bending, Fittings
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK

This jhula, used in the living room of a house in Dungarpur, was commissioned by the family from a suthar (carpenter). It was a tradition in this region for a family to ask a particular suthar to do all their woodwork.

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