Stick Box from Jaisalmer - 19th Century Wool 102 x 45 x 153

102 x 45 x 153 (wxdxh cms)

It would make a striking piece of wall art

or decorative objects

providing both stability and a distinctive silhouette

now beautifully worn to reveal subtle layers of colour and texture — evidence of its long history

Stick Box from Jaisalmer - 19th Century Wool 102 x 45 x 153Known 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 slow growing willowy kair tree (capparis decidua), which also provides an edible bitter