{"id":17181,"date":"2026-08-22T04:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=17181"},"modified":"2026-08-22T04:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:38:23","slug":"cheepu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/cheepu\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheepu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"1gkvep1\" data-start=\"5952\" data-end=\"5965\">Cheppu<\/h1>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"bexcin\" data-start=\"5978\" data-end=\"6009\">The Traditional Wooden Comb<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17190 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cheepu-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cheepu-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cheepu-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cheepu-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cheepu.png 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"6011\" data-end=\"6091\">Cheppu is a traditional comb made from wood, used for grooming the hair.Before the widespread availability of modern plastic combs, wooden combs were practical household objects made from natural materials.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1win7c0\" data-start=\"6229\" data-end=\"6250\">Crafted from Wood<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"6252\" data-end=\"6404\">A wooden comb required simple but careful workmanship. The wood had to be shaped and the teeth formed so that it could be used effectively for grooming.Its small size made it an everyday personal object, often associated with individual households and their routines.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"wu18ti\" data-start=\"6523\" data-end=\"6544\">Everyday Heritage<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"6546\" data-end=\"6600\">Not every heritage object was ceremonial or elaborate.Objects such as the Cheppu belonged to the everyday world \u2014 the things people touched, used and depended upon regularly.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"ze8dz\" data-start=\"6724\" data-end=\"6741\">Heritage Note<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"6743\" data-end=\"6814\">The Cheppu reminds us that heritage also lives in ordinary objects.A wooden comb, simple in form, but once part of everyday life.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Virtual_Modha_goode\"><span id=\"Physically_located\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/virtual-modagood-virtual-museum\/\">Virtual Modha good<\/a>e<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/virtual-modagood-virtual-museum\/\">Virtiual Modhagood \u2013 The virtual Museum\u00a0<\/a>of Kodava Heritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheppu The Traditional Wooden Comb Cheppu is a traditional comb made from wood, used for grooming the hair.Before the widespread availability of modern plastic combs, wooden combs were practical household objects made from natural materials&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/cheepu\/\" class=\"blink\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-kodava","category-languages","category-statistics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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