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Sandook | Cabinet
Category: Manjush
Location: Mehdipur, Tarn Taran, Punjab
Cultural region: Majha
Materials: Glass, Metal, Wood
Glass craft technique: Staining
Metal craft technique: Fittings
Wood craft technique: Carving, Joinery
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
This is the only sandook recorded in this research with stained glass encased in the panels. The family had migrated to Mehdipur from Kasur village in Lahore district, now situated in Pakistan. Among all their belongings, they had also carried the sandook with them. The owner recollected that it took five people to lift it