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Parendi | Water pitcher storage
Details
Category: Manjush
Location: Lakhruki, Karauli, Rajasthan
Cultural region: Mewat - Brij
Materials: Stone
Stone craft technique: Carving, Dressing, Masonry, Painting
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
This parendi found in Karauli had an elaborately carved stone base supported on carved stone brackets. The niche was shallow and as a result the stone ledge protruded more than in other examples we recorded.