Chip Carved Dowry Hut Box From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Period - 17th Century 89 x 55 x 63

89 x 55 x 63 (wxdxh cms)

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Chip Carved Dowry Hut Box From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Period - 17th Century 89 x 55 x 63This antique Indian dowry box from the desert region of Jaisalmer, Western Rajasthan, is an excellent mid 19th century example of the hut box form. With its tall gabled lid, the design reflects the vernacular architecture of the Thar desert, where huts and houses carried the same pitched roof structure. Traditionally, such boxes were crafted to store a bride's dowry, containing her wedding clothes, jewellery, money, and household items to take to her