Majju | Cabinet

Details

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

No two majju were ever identical. Apart from the carvings, every majju had a different locking and opening mechanism. Designed as a sequential system, using joinery techniques, the knowledge of this mechanism was known only to the owner and the suthar who made it. This was passed on from generation to generation.

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