Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Tansu 80 x 8 x 126

80 x 8 x 126 (wxdxh cms)

rain and storms

Fitted Interior Compartment

Tibetan chests and trunks were used as storage in homes and monasteries

58 x 4 x 89

Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Tansu 80 x 8 x 126These chests are known as stick boxes, these antique Indian boxes were passed down through the family with each generation in the Thar desert area of West Rajasthan and were used as dowry chests. These boxes usually come from the area west of Jaisalmer, towards the Pakistani border where wood is scarce. This style of box is almost exclusively made from sticks harvested from the kair tree (capparis decidua), which also provides an edible bitter fruit).