Container for Precious Clothes and Jewellary

This large, three tiered, dome-shaped container is made by hammering and folding brass sheets to shape and welding the joints. The container stands on three hollow brass legs and has strong latching and locking devices on two sides. On top of the container there are two heavy brass rings attached to the pinnacle of the dome. The dome-shaped lid has geometric repouse patterns.
This container known as dablo among its kathi users of Gujarat was used for storing precious clothes, jewellary, cash or any other valuables. It is believed that foreseeing a plundering raid, kathis lowered the container into a well and after the danger was over they pulled it out by a rope to which anchor-like iron device was attached at the lower end. The pegs of the anchor got entangled with the brass rings and thus the container was pulled out.