Painted Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Material - Elm (Reclaimed) Many of these chromolithographs were

Many of these chromolithographs were made by the Manchester cotton trade as pictorial labels used for the advertisement and sale of bales of cloth and individual fabric lengths

Bambara carve these headdresses which are power objects called boli for Ci Wara to reside within

With 4 handy drawers and remnants of the black lacquer on the front this piece is a really stunning piece

Lacquering is done by the craftsman on a hand-powered lathe

Painted Gansu Sideboard - 19th Century Material - Elm (Reclaimed) Many of these chromolithographs wereThis antique Gansu sideboard was used for storing clothing and grain by the nomadic people of Gansu & Northern Shanxi in the 19th century. They were also used as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship. The front doors have been modified from the original closed front to make it more functional. It would have originally opened from the top by a hatch. Its doors are decorated with a landscape scene on the left and a collection of lucky objects on