Kondh Dhokra Bronze Zebu Bull From Orissa - 19th Century Indo Dutch designed to make them easier

designed to make them easier to carry or suspend

Date: Early 20th century

casting a warm glow across intricately carved façades

5 x 17 (wxdxh cm)

Crafted in the early 1900s in the Himalayas and handcrafted from neem wood

Kondh Dhokra Bronze Zebu Bull From Orissa - 19th Century Indo Dutch designed to make them easierThis tribal brass cast zebu, or humped Indian bull would have been an important part of daily ritual for a Kondh (also spelt "Khond") family. These statues are sometimes referred to as water buffalo and are from the Kandhamal district of Orissa (modern day Odisha). The zebu has been revered in India since Harrapan times (6 millennia ago) and was often seen as the progenitor and impregnator of the earth. The Gonds Khonds Kondhs once made human