Red Parang Motif Wood Batik Jewelry Box - Scarlet Scrolls Games & Fun detailed with blue pigment

detailed with blue pigment

The artisan in Java hand crafts the pair from ceramic

The lid lifts open to a single-compartment interior for storing small objects and accessories

Showing off their curled trunks

Red Parang Motif Wood Batik Jewelry Box - Scarlet Scrolls Games & Fun detailed with blue pigmentThis wood batik jewelry box features a red background with a motif of elongated scrolls set on a diagonal called parang. This motif represents a knife, dagger, and blade, and in days gone by, its use was the exclusive property of the Javanese courts of Surakarta and Jogyakarta. Gunadi, a Javanese artisan, meticulously crafts the jewelry chest by hand with three drawers to keep things organized. Wadang wood 1. 32 lbs 8. 8 inches H x 7. 8 inches W x 5.