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Pidha | Low chair
Details
Category: Aasan
Location: Ramgarh, Sikar, Rajasthan
Cultural region: Shekhawati
Materials: Cotton (Rope), Metal, Wood
Metal craft technique: Bending, Fittings
Wood craft technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
Recorded at a warehouse in Sikar, this pidha is said to be approximately 40 years old. It was carefully stored to be used as a sample to make similar new pidha. The danglers near the lumbar are unique to this particular piece.
