CONTEMPORARY MALHAR DOKRA

The Sanskriti Museum has an extensive collection of Metal castings or Dokra work of the Malhar tribe. These tribes are nomadic and move from one place to another casting utilitarian objects like measuring bowl (Paila) cooking ladles, spoons and lamps. The have been traditional casting metals making figurines of gods and goddess especially Shiv, Parvati, Ganesh and Pashupati. Some of these deities are kept in the Museum. The Museum has an extensive collection of Jewellery box, elephants, birds and animals made from the Hazaribagh region. There are other objects like folk figures from West Bengal, Maria man with head dress and a peacock with bells from the Bastar region in Chattisgarh and small miniatures animals and birds from Orissa.

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