Mudda | Chair

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Category: Aasan
Location: Kasanda, Sonipat, Haryana
Cultural region: Khadar
Materials: Grass (Sarkanda), Nylon (Rope)
Grass craft technique: Joinery
Nylon craft technique: Weaving
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK

Seats of mudha were traditionally woven using munjh ropes made from the sarkanda plant, but are nowadays woven using nylon ropes, as seen in this example. This pair of mudha were brought from Bathinda in Punjab, when a relative of the owner moved to Haryana.

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