Dhokra Work Rice Measure From Orissa - Early 20Th Century Screens Farmhouse Elm Door From Shanxi

Farmhouse Elm Door From Shanxi Province - Ca 100 Yrs Old with Original Iron Fittings

90 x 34 x 100 (wxdxh cms)

The sticks are then riveted together with iron fittings

Materials: Painted wood

Dhokra Work Rice Measure From Orissa - Early 20Th Century Screens Farmhouse Elm Door From ShanxiBrass Rice Measure From Orissa Dhokra Work Ca 100 Yrs Old Dokra Damar tribes are the traditional metalsmiths of West Bengal. Their technique of lost wax casting is named after their tribe. The tribe extends from Bihar to West Bengal and Orissa; members are distant cousins of the Madhya Pradesh Dokras. A few hundred years ago the Dokras of Central and Eastern India traveled south as far as Kerala and north as far as Rajasthan. Dokra also spelled Dhokra