Carved Ivory Box with Lock and Dragon Motif

Object/Artifact

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L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness

Front of the carved ivory dragon box from India.: Image of the front of the rectangular ivory box with lock and carvings of dragons. There are two dragon figures facing towards the key hole in the center.
Front of the carved ivory dragon box from India.

Image of the front of the rectangular ivory box with lock and carvings of dragons. There are two dragon figures facing towards the key hole in the center.

Name/Title

Carved Ivory Box with Lock and Dragon Motif

Entry/Object ID

JI2025000432

Description

Carved rectangular ivory box with lock and debossed dragons. It was made in India despite the east Asian motifs.

Context

The box was gifted to the Jordans by a member of the Kuwait Oil Company upon their return from India.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

India