Burmese Black Lacquered Betel Box - Ca 1920 Plates Daksha later became a devotee

Daksha later became a devotee of Virabhadra

They would also be used by farmers for moving goods around on the farm

Best used with tea lights

it can be repurposed as jewellery storage

Burmese Black Lacquered Betel Box - Ca 1920 Plates Daksha later became a devoteeThis is an excellent example of a Burmese lacquer. These boxes were multifunctional and used both as tiffin boxes and betel boxes (kun it). This Burmese lacquer box is typical of the style and has a base black red colour and is decorated with finely etched animals around the center. Tiffin boxes were used in the old days as lunch boxes or for packaging up small snacks which the colonials called tiffin. Betel boxes were used for holding betel leaves