Bronze Dokra Kondh Fish From Orissa - Early 20th Century Gifts allowing it to fit into

allowing it to fit into a wide variety of interior styles

22 x 5 x 45 (wxdxh cms)

The surface shows layers of fading colour and areas of exposed timber

it's great for a kitchen or bathroom

Very few of the many extant examples can be confidently dated with any precision by association with a recorded and datable visit to Canton

Bronze Dokra Kondh Fish From Orissa - Early 20th Century Gifts allowing it to fit intoThis tribal brass cast fish would have been an important part of daily ritual for a Gond family. This casting is made in the classic Dokra style Dokra Damar tribes are the traditional metalsmiths of West Bengal. Their technique of lost wax casting is named after their tribe. The tribe can be found across India extending from Bihar to West Bengal and Orissa. Animal worship was incredibly important to the Gonds. Dokra also spelt Dhokra, is a brass or