box (containers); lid (containers)

Rectangular lidded wooden box covered with papier-mâché with three compartments inside. The outer surface of the sides and lid are hand painted with a fine black linear floral and bird pattern on a prediminantly pale yellow ground with details in gold, red, green and blue. The base of the box is painted blue, with an old label attached, partly printed, reading: 'Papier mache on wood. Box. Kashmere. India'. The inner surface is painted dark blue.
label: old exhibition label with a black border and text

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn14406
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 113 mm x 249 mm x 187 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; paper; papier-mâché; paint
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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