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A small but interesting collection of kitchen
equipments and utensils that includes a copper oven, spice
boxes, various coconut and vegetable slicers, metal plates,
wooden spoon hangers etc. in different forms and shapes and
from diverse periods.
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Fire Place - Kiln
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(Rajasthan)
17th Cent. A.D.
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A selection of utilitarian objects rendered
extraordinarily beautiful with ornate motifs of birds and
animals, flowers and foliage, carved, forged and engraved
breathing magnificence into the mundane and purely functional.
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Vegetable Cutter
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(Assam, Bengal)
19-20th Cent. A.D.
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A variety of kitchen utensils and appliances
: the Sorya for preparing vermicelli has a wooden stand supported
on two sides by elephant or Lion heads; a Rajasthani chair
is for the house wife to rest on while churning butter-milk,
while a set of sharp vegetable cutters and slicers are in
the shape of birds.
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Sorya
for Vermicelli
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(Gujarat)
19th Cent. A.D.
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Rolling Board & Pin (Gujarat)
18-19th Cent. A.D.
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Coconut Scrapper (Maharashtra)
Late 19th Cent. A.D.
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Grain Storing Vessels
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(Gujarat)
Late 19thCent. A.D
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