Wood Crafts of Rajasthan

Apart from other handicraft items, Rajasthan is also known for its wood crafts. Wood, sometimes plain often painted, is used to make everything from furniture to artifacts. While the furniture ranges from the made-as old that is such a range all over the world, its contemporary variants include chairs with painted backs, camel-hide stools, marble-top tables and carved cabinets.

Wooden artifacts include a range of animals-horses, elephants, parrots. All are beautifully painted. Besides animals, wooden artifacts also include boxes, chests snuff boxes and other interesting paraphernalia including dancing figurines and dwarpals or guardians of the doors.