Pataaro | Chest
Details
Category: Manjush
Location: Katar, Amreli, Gujarat
Cultural region: Saurashtra
Materials: Metal (Brass, Iron), Wood
Wood craft technique: Carving, Joinery
Metal craft technique: Beating, Cladding, Embossing, Fittings, Riveting
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
As a hope chest, the pataaro is exuberantly ornamented. The façade of this pataaro exhibits a fine grid of brass straps teamed with minutely stamped and embossed geometric, floral and peacock motifs.
