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This teak shelf dates from the days of the Raj
lightweight
can be hung portrait or landscape
122 x 50 x 64 (wxdxh cms)
Indian "Damchiya" Dowry Chest From Kutch - Ca 1920 Finish - Black Lacquer This teak shelf dates fromCarved Teak Dowry Chest Damchiya From Kutch, Gujarat. The front is chip carved in the traditional style with lacquered panelling. Traditionally the brides family had to offer gifts known as Dowry to the bridegrooms 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
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