Pidha | Stool
Details
Category: Aasan
Location: Kalibangan, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan
Cultural region: Shekhawati
Materials: Cotton (Rope), Wood
Cotton craft technique: Weaving
Wood craft technique: Joinery, Painting, Turning
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
Cotton ropes are woven in a horizontal and vertical pattern to make the seat of this pidha. This type of weaving results in the formation of braided knots at the edges which are called gundi. A stool with this type of design is called gundiwadi pidha/pidhi.
