A large storage chest or cabinet, particularly one used in Southeast Asian cultures to hold valuables or household items.
From Malay/Indonesian bandaka or similar words in Southeast Asian languages, possibly related to 'band' (box or container). Used extensively in colonial-era trade descriptions.
Colonial traders wrote about bandakas filled with spices and silks traveling along the Silk Road — these chests became so valuable themselves that they're now museum pieces showing us what people considered worth protecting!
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