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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4548282, member: 2844&quot;]I have a delightful Indonesian sirih presentation table on wheels, designed to be rolled to guests when offering sirih. Sirih is Indonesian for betel.</p><p>It is wood with carved wooden and woven panels, and four wooden wheels on two axles.</p><p>The compartments are for sirih parafernalia, and for herbs and spices so you can assemble your preferred taste.</p><p>It looks vintage, rather than antique.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to know on which island it was made.</p><p>Sirih tables and boxes on wheels are said to have originated on Madura, but they can be found as far away as Mindanao, Philippines.</p><p>The carving on this one could be Madurese, but I have never seen a Madurese sirih presentation table like this, most are brass, silver or gold.</p><p>I wonder if it could be from Lombok, with carving inspiration from the islands further west (Bali-Java-Madura).</p><p><br /></p><p>Approximate size:</p><p>Front 25 cm / 9.84&quot;</p><p>Side 19 cm / 7.48&quot;</p><p>Height 14.5 cm / 5.7&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have many photos, but I hope these are sufficient.</p><p>Current inhabitants have nothing to do with sirih, except for that gorgeous little brass box, which is Minangkabau from Sumatra.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tagging [USER=45]@Taupou[/USER] and [USER=8267]@2manybooks[/USER] , but of course any help is welcome.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]403130[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Detail of the carving, the knob at the bottom is an end of one of the axles. Steel or iron nails:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]403131[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Woven panel (bamboo? rattan?) and small burn mark on the wood, not an issue to me. Wooden dowels:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]403132[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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