Bigul Player - Tribal Decorative

Bigul Player - Tribal Decorative is among those beautiful Dhokra relics that goroots has to offer. The immensely creative work of art can prove to be a great home decorative article for all intents and purposes. The product has remarkable features and is instantly eye-catching from the rest in the line. It resembles a tribal man, all dressed and adorned from head to toe in clannish attire. On the head, the sculpture dons a striking headdress with a couple of bangles on each wrist and traditional anklets on the feet to complete off the look. It is displayed playing a Bigul, one of the ethnic musical instruments of the tribal people.For those who are passionate about unique tribal music and other various forms of art of the regional clans, this elegant product would surely suffice. The Bigul Player Tribal Decorative can be used to adorn bookshelves, dining tables and side tables in order to add an ethnic look to the ambience.

About Dhokra Art

Dhokra is one of the oldest forms of the art of non-ferrous metal casting. It is the tribes of Gadwas, Dhurwas and Gonds that still practise the 4000-year old art, which follows the lost wax casting technique or Cire Perdue is called as Dhokra.

The metal workers make a living by handcrafting, moulding and casting the brass or the Dhokra, as it is regionally referred to as. The art originates from the central and eastern Indian states including Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand along with West Bengal, where the art originally belongs to. The tribal group of the metal workers initially travelled from the remote interiors of West Bengal to down south, as far asKerala and right up to the western state of Rajasthan as well.As the art of Dhokra handicraft had been adopted by most of the culture-rich states of India, the technique was tailored by the indigenous artisans of various regions, based on their natural surroundings and availability of resources.

Hence, the Dhokra art of one region would strikingly differ from the other.

Procedure

As the word Dhokra also describes a certain sect of the tribes who perform the art of metal casting using the lost wax techniques of solid casting and hollow casting, which initially involves treating the coarse clay mould to high temperatures in an oven or by drying in the sun.

The beeswax is drawn into stripes and fine wires in order to wrap them around the heated clay in order to produce a similar, though softer mould. The beeswax is mixed with resinous gum and then boiled in mustard oil.

The model is then evenly coated with a very thin layer of wet clay, the stage that lets fine details of the replica to make an impression on the clay.

Before the clay is added to the molten metal, the clay is either heated or sundried and the mould is carefully heated to high degree centigrade until the wax melts in the process leaving a cavity behind.

The hollow cavity is then filled with a molten metal and set aside to cool off. Finally, the clay mould is broken and the object is taken out for the purpose of cleaning and polishing.

Before providing final touches to the brassware, the Dhokra artists chisel and polish the artefact using herbal colours.

Region

The unique Dhokra art of metal casting is practised in the rural areas of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal. The Dhokra handicraft is exclusive to the region and none other than the sculptors can produce similar artefacts.

goroots provides a concrete backing to the Dhokra craftsmen in the remote interiors of the culture-rich states of India. We encourage the ability of the tribal handicraft artisans and genuinely support their efforts through our website.