Antique Mexican Petaquilla. Sabino Wood Trunk w/Base

Priced in Mexican Pesos.   These beautiful old trunks would have been a part of every Mexican home of the 19th C.  This is where you would keep your sarapes and/or your little treasures.  The wood is the famous Sabino from Mexico. Petaca means suitcase or travel case.. the word petaquilla (also the name of a town) was used to indicate a petaca with a base to raise it off the floor and keep the rats from eating through the wood..  This one measures 86cm tall, 80cm wide and 47cm deep. ( 34" by 30 1/2" by 18 1/2")