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Pidha | Low chair
Details
Category: Aasan
Location: Nawalgarh, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan
Cultural region: Shekhawati
Materials: Grass (Jute), Wood
Grass craft technique: Weaving
Wood craft technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
Oral accounts from the field suggest that a pidha is customarily reserved as a seat for the eldest woman in the house. This type of pidha is mostly found in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan.
