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Boxes have been used by people since ancient time. These are used to keep different types of items and goods. You can keep clothes and other items such as books, utensils etc. in them. Moreover, eatables like fruits, vegetables are also kept in caskets by the shopkeepers. These are also used by people during travel to keep their luggage. These are also used to keep goods in a well maintained order. These caskets are being used from the ancient times for many purposes by the people.

Wooden and metal boxes are a great sort of attraction for the people. These can be broadly categorised in two categories – artistic and simple. Artistic ones come with different types of beautiful designs and simple ones are used just for the purpose to keep some items in place. If some attention is given to artistic wooden caskets then it may be seen that the tradition of artistic work on these is not new. You can find the samples of ancient wooden craft in ancient civilisations of the world. People of ancient civilisations were great art lovers. Many medieval empires followed the tradition. These types of craft work can be seen in doors, dolls for children etc. These days, a lot of craft work is done on these boxes. This includes traditional as well as modern art. These contain various types of beautiful carvings and are made of various types of woods. In these types, mahogany, oak, walnut etc. can be included.

Apart from these, a wide variety of wooden and metal boxes is found in the markets. Jewelery caskets are also widely used to keep the ornaments. Production of beautiful wooden containers is done from various sources. In India, different firms do this work. On the other hand, many of such containers are made by some skillful people of villages. Many of these people have learnt this art from the tradition of their forefathers. Very often, beautiful meenakaris and paintings are made on these containers. Metal boxes are often made up of iron, stainless steel etc. Containers to keep the jewelery are made up of these metals too. You can see the beautiful metal craft on some of them.

Other types of these boxes are simple ones. Their only purpose is to keep the product for which they are made. In wooden boxes, we can take the examples of those which are used to preserve the eatables. They are also called ‘petis’ which are usually used by vegetable and fruit merchants to preserve their eatables. These eatables are then sold to retailers by wholesalers. Cans are other type of metal containers. These are used to keep beverages, diesel and similar types of other liquids. They contain a tiny cork opening. Other types of containers can be used for keeping electronic items. Many of these are used to keep computer accessories, sockets, CPUs, monitors etc.

One more thing which is necessary to clarify is that several designer metal boxes with beautiful and colourful images are being made by many firms. These are often made by the manufacturers of different products. Daily household items like tooth powders, cold drinks, baby products etc. are being preserved in them. Their beautiful designs also serve the purpose of products’ promotion.

Everybody is familiar with the usefulness of wooden and metal boxes. For this reason it would be difficult to keep things safely and in proper order. Everything which is valuable for an individual can be kept in them. These are likely to used for many more centuries by humans.