Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Small Mirrors Traditionally the bride's family had

Traditionally the bride's family had to offer gifts known as dowry - to the bridegroom's family if they were to find a good husband for their daughter

and Gujarat for storing jewellery

It has been salvaged from a building fallen into disrepair in the South Indian state of Andra Pradesh

The feng shui symbol of the bat can be seen depicted in the center

foliage and classical motifs

Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Small Mirrors Traditionally the bride's family hadThis 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