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Sandook | Cabinet
Category: Manjush
Location: Panjola, Rupnagar, Punjab
Cultural region: Malwa
Materials: Metal, Wood
Metal craft technique: Beating, Bending, Fittings
Wood craft technique: Joinery, Painting, Turning
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
The legs of a sandook continue upwards to form posts at the four corners. The top part of each of the posts in this sandook had a turned finial with a flat top. This was made to place earthen lamps. Located in a haveli in Rupnagar, this was the only sandook with this type of finial detail.