Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Bangles Red Elm Desk With New

Red Elm Desk With New Cane Top From Shanghai - 19thC

Interior: Sunken central compartment

The front is richly decorated with Mughal-inspired carvings of foliage

They would make a very dramatic entrance to a property

dog beds & seats

Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Bangles Red Elm Desk With NewThis 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