Khatam-band is a speciality in Kashmir woodwork and comprises ceilings of rooms, made from thin panels of pine wood, cut into geometrical designs. Builders of houseboats have kept this old craft alive.
In Kashmir the shrine of Khwaja Naqshband, near the Jama Masjid of Srinagar, presents the best example of this craft.
The Kashmiri carpentry and wicker-work industries are notable. The boats (float-bottomed mostly) that the carpenter makes are of many sizes, and include the famous house-boats, the favourite residence of summer visitors. In wicker-work, Lunch and flower baskets, chairs and tables and various other articles of common use are turned out in elegant designs. Kangri, the Kashmiri chafing vessel, its earthen bowl encased in wickerwork, is also made as an artefact ornamented with wicker rings and coloured mica for the mantelpiece.