Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 1960's Stools The mould is then dried

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

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Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 1960's Stools The mould is then driedThis 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