Mint Painted Sideboard From Shanxi Tribal Art They're hand carved and finished

They're hand carved and finished by skilled craftspeople in Udaipur using traditional methods to ensure they are frost hardy and suitable for the variable English weather

Each vessel was central to communal cooking and ceremonial gatherings

You can burn your resin incense

cultural significance

Mint Painted Sideboard From Shanxi Tribal Art They're hand carved and finishedThis early 20th century sideboard is from the northern Shanxi province on the border of Mongolia. The cabinet shape is Mongolian in style. These cabinets were used by nomadic people for storage of clothes and bedding as grain stores. They were also used as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship. The front doors have been modified from the original closed front to make it more functional. Instead, it would have originally opened from the top by a