Brass Dhokra Work Fish Money Box From Orissa - Ca 1920 Style - Teapot A family ancestor portrait would

A family ancestor portrait would typically be hung above

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Brass Dhokra Work Fish Money Box From Orissa - Ca 1920 Style - Teapot A family ancestor portrait wouldThis charming brass fish is from Orissa, on the east coast of India. There is a very long history of fishing there fish figures like this one would be given as a wedding gift to daughters during marriage. These jali fish were traditionally filled with sweet smelling spices and hung in huts, much the same as we used pot pourri, in Europe. Dhokra metal casting is one of the oldest traditional techniques of metal casting in India that uses the lost wax