Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Material - Stone Dhokra metal casting is one

Dhokra metal casting is one of the oldest traditional techniques of metal casting in India that uses the lost wax casting method

It is becoming increasingly difficult to find original pieces such as these

These were made predominantly by the Bastar people of Madhya Pradesh

It has original Iron fittings

Reverse Glass Painting - 19thC from Gujarat

Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Material - Stone Dhokra metal casting is oneThis 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