Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19th Century Tribal Art and the spout end is

and the spout end is carved with the stylised head of a tiger

the tribes of Nagaland were headhunters going to war with neighboring tribes

This beautifully decorated Indian water pot

Auspicious symbols abound

Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19th Century Tribal Art and the spout end isThis 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