Rustic Indian Carved Panel From Kutch – 19thC

This very decorative teak panel once was the lid to a huge dowry chest. Sometimes wealthy families commissioned extra large sizes to be made so they could lock away large precious family heirlooms.
Traditionally the bride€™s family had to offer gifts known as Dowry – to the bridegroom€™s family if they were to find a good husband for their daughter. Dowry was normally Gold jewellery and Silk saris but sometimes brass cooking pots and other family treasures were exchanged. In modern times dowry is supposed to have been made an illegal practice, but in reality, it is still practiced and cars and even washing machines have been known to be exchanged.

From India

46 x 4 x 48 (wxdxh cms)

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