Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Bangles The front is richly decorated

The front is richly decorated with Mughal-inspired carvings of foliage

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Origin: Madhya Pradesh

Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Bangles The front is richly decoratedThis 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