Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Material - Maple Wood These sturdy wooden stools are

These sturdy wooden stools are a vital component of any shabby chic interior and originally would have been used by workers or agriculture workers

Features: Two-part stacking chest

with traces of old pitch still visible in parts of the carving

The cabinet features four glazed doors above solid lower panels

Brass Dhokra Work Money Box From Orissa - 19thC Material - Maple Wood These sturdy wooden stools areThis 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