A South East Asian betel nut box with chatelaine silver coloured metal

A South East Asian betel nut box with chatelaine

silver coloured metal, the rectangular box with canted corner and repousse and engraved decoration, with a lidded lime pot and three tools,

the main box, 8.6cm long,

two spherical betel nut boxes, a cylindrical lime box and needle, another bullet shape, a pipe with tobacco case, a Burmese dha, three necklaces, three belts, a headband, three ornaments, two fruit shape boxes, a pair of condiments modelled as birds, two pepper pots and a cat collar. (30)

Provenance

Collected by the vendor during various tours of duty in the Middle and Far East, 1968 - 1985.