This vertical panel features farmers and their wives heading out to put in a hard dayβs work in the fields. The fact that some of the women carry a sickle indicates they are going for harvesting the crop. What is interesting is that in all the panels, the women lead and the men follow. The entire group is dressed in similar attire indicating that was the daily wear of the Dokra tribals. Each farmer-couple is set in a separate panel and the panels are held together by a simple yet decorative metal frame. A dark brown bamboo frame beautifully offsets the sheen of this metal-art.
Dokra art flourishes in the tribal belts of Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh in India. The tribal artisans are masters in the one of the oldest forms of metal-casting that is technically known as βcire perdueβ. What makes Dokra metal-art unique is that no two pieces are alike. Deftly created by hand, each work of art is one of its kind. Primarily made from brass scrap, the cast objects have a core of clay preserved within the metal-casting. Strikingly original forms of gods and goddesses, figurines, horses, drummers and oddly-shaped spoons are the popular themes of this tribal art form.
Height: 38 cms (15'')
Width: 10.9 cms (4.3'')
Please Note: Actual size, design and color may vary slightly from that shown in the image above. |
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