Product ID: LWBX0034
Burmese Boxes
Product Description:This luminous cinnabar-colored box suggests that it was used to carry a personal supply of ingredients for assembling a quid of betel. Betel leaves would have been stored in the bottom and areca nuts, lime and spices carried on the trays. A subtle tortoise shell design covers the top and side of the lid The box is made of thin strips of coiled bamboo covered with many coats of black and cinnabar-colored lacquer. These Burmese lacquered boxes are sourced by Tamilian settlers from Myanmar. Product Specification:
14 x 14 x 12 CM
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