Indian Wood Temple Frame

Every edge is beaded or notched, and the window has a fancy arched top.

This carved teak temple frame is from Karnataka, South India, and dates to the late 19th or early 20th century. It is carved teak wood. Carved frames often surround a sacred image or doorway, marking it as a place of worship and decorating it with floral, animal or divine figures. Slightly wider panel framed by an outer border of slanted notches, with inner bands of rounded beads and stepped ridges. A cusped opening passes through at center, and the surface is dark and softly worn. It is 5 inches wide, 1.25 deep and 7.5 high.

Detailed to the brim, with a tiny view to show for it.