Painted Betel Nut Box From Kerala - Ca 1910 Lighting This fabulous carved antique teak

This fabulous carved antique teak window shutter is from Madhya Pradesh

80 x 5 x 160 (wxdxh cms)

This carved Indian Ganesh panel is a lintel which would have been used above a doorway to a home

The body and drawer runners are made from Cryptomeria with the front made from Zelkova (Red Elm) - The whole piece has been bound with intricately crafted Japanese iron

Cows are still revered an continue to wander the streets in India

Painted Betel Nut Box From Kerala - Ca 1910 Lighting This fabulous carved antique teakCarved from a single piece of jackfruit wood and painted, this style of box is known as a Malabar box or Nettur Petti and was likely used as a wedding box, jewellery box or betel nut box. These boxes are named after the village of Nettoor where this style of box originated. They were often used as jewellery and dowry chests for women of wealthy families. The hut style with a gabled lid resembles the thatched houses of Kerala and acts as a metaphor for