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Mausa | Charpoy
Details
Category: Manch
Location: Gol, Sirohi, Rajasthan
Cultural region: Godwad
Materials: Textile, Wood
Textile craft technique: Weaving
Wood craft technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
Old fabrics, shredded and made into ropes, were used in the webbing of this charpoy. This particular design is called a warki. The tensioning end of the webbing was called wadan and made using cotton ropes.
