Painted Betel Nut Box From Kerala - Ca 1910 Lighting The body and drawer runners

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

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

This low black lacquer side cabinet was once part of a rare Chinese stacking cabinet

This fabulous carved antique teak window shutter is from Madhya Pradesh

along with two drawers above

Painted Betel Nut Box From Kerala - Ca 1910 Lighting The body and drawer runnersCarved 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