Artefacts


Dokra - a 4000 year old traditional craft casted on non-ferrous metal.

 

Dokra, West Bengal

Dokra is an ancient metal casting technique to facilitate the use of brass. Over 4000 years old, Dokra artisans create a motifs from folk lore. The term Dokra has its genesis in the Dokra Damar tribes, the traditional metalsmiths from West Bengal and Odisha.