Kondh Dhokra Bronze Zebu Bull From Orissa - 19th Century Origin - Mughal Dowry was normally gold jewellery

Dowry was normally gold jewellery and Silk saris but sometimes brass cooking pots and other family treasures were exchanged

The right hand has been replaced in our workshops using traditional techniques

The surface retains layers of its original red painted finish

Crafted using the traditional Dokra lost-wax casting process

99 x 45 x 107  (wxdxh cms)

Kondh Dhokra Bronze Zebu Bull From Orissa - 19th Century Origin - Mughal Dowry was normally gold jewelleryThis tribal brass cast zebu, or humped Indian bull would have been an important part of daily ritual for a Kondh (also spelt Khond or Gond) family. These statues are sometimes referred to as water buffalo and are from the Kandhamal district of Orissa (modern day Odisha). The zebu has been revered in India since Harrapan times (6 millennia ago) and was often seen as the progenitor and impregnator of the earth. The Gonds Khonds Kondhs once made human