IOM

Assig. object

furniture model

English Name

wooden bedstead

Rohingya Name

falonk

Authorship

Hairul Amin

Collections

Furniture

Categories

Woodwork (WDW)

Functions

Furniture

Inventory no.

WDW0048

Description

Falonk is a wooden bedstead. This falonk is decorated with carvings. Traditionally, the bride’s family gifts a falonk to the bridegroom as a wedding gift to set up the new couple. This bed is a scale miniature crafted from wood.