Stick Door Panel From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Material - Coral This is a lost wax

This is a lost wax casting

A similar example can be seen in "Folk Art & Cullture of Gujarat: A Guide to the Collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat" by Jyotindra Jain - figure 245

Small carved peaches have been patched into the top of this piece

unlike earlier pieces

It has been made from cedar wood which is roughly hewn into planks with an adze

Stick Door Panel From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Material - Coral This is a lost waxThis Indian stick door dates to the 19th century and would have come from the home of the desert dwelling tribes of Western Rajasthan in their buildings who made their homes of mud and clay. Wood is very scarce in the desert & doors, window shutters and furniture were made of sticks harvested from the Kair tree (Capparis decidua). The sticks are then riveted together with iron fittings. Hung on a wall they make stunning and unique pieces of wall art.