Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 1960's Stools hand-thrown construction

hand-thrown construction

The mould is then dried and fired in an oven with cow-dung cakes

red lacquer bowl ca

each one is unique

almost sunburst-like composition

Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 1960's Stools hand-thrown constructionThis old brass money box is from the Dhokra Damar tribes of Orissa in North East India. This style of Dhokra work dates to the late 19th & early 20th centuries. These caskets would have been used daily by families for keeping cash and valuables. The Dhokra tribe extends from Bihar to West Bengal and Orissa; members are distant cousins of the Madhya Pradesh Dhokras. A few hundred years ago the Dhokras of Central and Eastern India traveled south as far