Eating Utensils - Laquer and Inlay Chopsticks - Asian Cuisines and Artifacts

Eating Utensils - Laquer and Inlay Chopsticks - Asian Cuisines and Artifacts

Now widely familiar to cultures world-wide, chopsticks are eating and cooking utensils - cultural artifacts - associated with many of the cuisines of Asia.  The pair shown in this post serve as a decorative memento of many wonderful meals and of the days when I learned to use chopsticks by meeting the challenge of learning to pick up a single peanut or a single grain of rice. Now I simply enjoy the pleasure of using them once more when I am lucky enough to dine out eating at Chinese or Japanese restaurants.

Indian Lacquer Hand Painted Cylindrical Box - India circa 1980

Indian Lacquer Hand Painted Cylindrical Box  -  India circa 1980

Small decorative boxes of different types and materials can be found throughout the world. Sometimes the boxes are purely decorative with no particular function required.  When the box is filled, the contents can be valuable or almost worthless - from jewels to trinkets depending on the owner.   A box may give value and privacy for special objects in life.  The decorative box showcased in today's post was purchased by me in India for its beauty and unique cylindrical shape.