Indian Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Finish - Painted An old sticker and painted

An old sticker and painted swastica (a religious symbol in Hindu & Burmese culture) can be seen on the inside of the lid

history and understated elegance to both traditional and contemporary interiors

For a similar example see Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life by Kamansky (plate 118)

The sculptor has shaped the vessel with elegant

5 x 100 cm (w x d x h)

Indian Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Finish - Painted An old sticker and paintedKnown as stick boxes, these old Indian boxes were passed down through the family. This chest dates to the 19th century. This style of box is found exclusively in the Jaisalmer area of the Thar desert in Western Rajasthan. Wood is very scarce in the desert and the resourceful tribes people of this area made these boxes from sticks harvested from the Kair tree Capparis decidua. The sticks are then riveted together with hand wrought iron fittings to make