Hut Stick Box From Jaisalmer - 19th Century

This antique Indian dowry box is from the desert area of Jaisalmer in Western Rajasthan and has a hinged lid. This style is often referred to as a 'hut box', or jhopdi peti locally (hut box). Hut boxes are some of the rarer types of Indian box and this one is an excellent example of its style. The form of this box imitates the typical traditional huts and houses of the Thar desert. It dates to the early to mid 19th century and is constructed from roheda wood. 

These Indian boxes were traditionally used to store a bride's dowry. The dowry box would be filled with her trousseau - bridal clothes, jewellery, and often money which she would take to her new home once she had married a suitable husband. Once the bride arrived in her new home these chests would have been used to store clothes and other valuables.

A useful box for storage plus a collector's piece of antique tribal art from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

Dimensions:

77 x 49 x 64 (wxdxh cms)

From India

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