Elefant with RiIder

Size:

17,0 cm high

Region:

Orissa, India

Type:

Elefant with a rider.

The four pivots on the legs were for wooden weels, which did not survive over the years

Material:

Metal with a core of clay

Condition:

The trunk is missing, the ears are broken

Description:

The Mahlia-Kond live in the tribal-area of Orissa in the north-east of India

From the middle of the 19th century till the beginning of the 20th century nomadic blacksmiths manufactured these statues for the Kond in cire perdue (lost-wax technique)

For more information please read the article by Barbara Boal in “Publications”

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