Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Bangles 116 x 59 x 78

116 x 59 x 78 (wxdxh cms)

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Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Bangles 116 x 59 x 78This 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