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Peti | Casket
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Category: Manjush
Location: Judavant, Chhota Udepur, Gujarat
Cultural region: East Gujarat
Materials: Wood
Wood craft technique: Joinery
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
In some villages, rudimentary wooden caskets serve as larders to store food. Caskets are known as peti in Gujarati. This peti was recorded at an Adivasi dwelling in East Gujarat.
