Box

National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy

Title : Box

Accession No : 53/7/83

This is a round box with a lid. It has weavy ends both on the lid and the box making it seem like a flower. It has a round motif on the centre of the lid. Lines are coming out from that centre to the weavy ends, making it look like a petals of a flower. Withing those petals also there are intricate motifs going.

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Provenance

  • StateUttar Pradesh

Contributor

  • Community / TribeThatera

Dimensions

  • Measurement (CMS)9 x 14.7

Significance

  • Socio economicThis is a utility item.

Description

  • DescriptionThis is a round box with a lid. It has weavy ends both on the lid and the box making it seem like a flower. It has a round motif on the centre of the lid. Lines are coming out from that centre to the weavy ends, making it look like a petals of a flower. Withing those petals also there are intricate motifs going.
  • Inscription/Markings No
  • Reference" Kumar, Noopur. Traditional Crafts of Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad: Noopur Kumar, 2013. S.D. Trivedi, U.C. Dwivedi, ed. Metallic Art of India. New Delhi: Sharda Publishing House, 2009. Chattopadhaya, Kamaladevi. Handicrafts of India. New Delhi: Indian Council for Cultural Research, 1975. Jain, Jyotindra and Aarti Aggarwala. National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 1989. "
  • KeywordBidri, Box, Silver, Metal