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The Royal Odisha Peacock | Hand-Cast Dokra Art

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A form shaped by ritual, patience, and time.

This peacock is cast using the Dhokra lost-wax tradition, one of India’s oldest living metal-craft lineages—an unbroken practice that has endured for over 4,500 years. We believe objects carry memory, and this piece holds many: of earth, fire, and hands that know their work deeply.

Created through the ancient cire perdue process, each peacock begins as a clay core, slowly layered with wax and hand-carved by the artisan. Molten bell metal—an alloy of brass, zinc, and trace elements is then poured in, replacing the wax as it dissolves. When the mold is broken, what remains is singular and irreversible. No two forms are ever the same.

The surface bears this history openly. Subtle irregularities, softened edges, and an antique patina are not imperfections, but signatures, evidence of a 13-stage ritual passed down across generations in Odisha and central India.

This is not décor made to fill space.
It is an object for pause.

Dimensions

7in x 7 in

Origin

India

MATERIALS

brass

STORY

The Nomadic Artisans: Keepers of Continuity

The word Dhokra traces its origins to the Dhokar Damar community—nomadic metalworkers who once lived in the Bankura–Dariapur region of present-day West Bengal. As they moved across central and eastern India—into Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh—they carried more than tools. They carried memory.

We believe tradition is not static. It travels, adapts, and deepens. As these artisan communities settled in new landscapes, the Dhokra tradition absorbed regional rhythms—local symbols, forms, and materials—while remaining anchored to its ancient essence.

Today, the craft continues through tribal lineages such as the Gonds, Bhils, Malhars, and Karmakars. Each community brings its own sensibility, resulting in subtle variations across regions—differences that are not stylistic choices, but lived histories.

Dhokra endures because it is held, not archived.
Passed from hand to hand.
From one generation to the next.

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Preserve Traditional Craftsmanship and Generational Artistry

100 % ECO-FRIENDLY, CHEMICAL FREE, RECYCLED MATERIALS, HAND CRAFTED, and NON TOXIC

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