Painted Parrot Tika Box From Rajasthan - Ca 100 Yrs Old | Indigo Oriental Antiques

Painted Parrot Tika Box From Rajasthan - Ca 100 Yrs Old

SKU: A4443

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Carved wood tika box from Rajasthan - with swing lid. This has the original painting. Tika and Chopra boxes were used to store coloured pigment powder. Each morning and evening when Puja - Hindu prayers are performed a red mark which is called a tika or bindi is placed on the centre of the forehead and sometimes holy figures and chests used by the family. Ofteen decorated with parrots or peacocks.
From India
22 x 6 x 11

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