Rabari Damchiya Dowry Chest From Kutch - Ca 1920 Material - Copper This vintage South Indian grain

This vintage South Indian grain measure

This console table is not an antique

with swirling

including fixed compartments and a removable tray designed to separate and present ingredients

Rabari Damchiya Dowry Chest From Kutch - Ca 1920 Material - Copper This vintage South Indian grainThis dramatic Indian teak dowry chest is from the Rabari tribe of Kutch and dates to the 1920's. Locally these chests are called 'damchiya'. It is in its original unpolished condition, chip carved and embellished with small mirrors. 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