Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Bangles Origin: Madhya Pradesh

Origin: Madhya Pradesh

They would make a very dramatic entrance to a property

thisTikriwork panel has old mirror glass

traditional altar table proportions

116 x 59 x 78 (wxdxh cms)

Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Bangles Origin: Madhya PradeshThis 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