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Peacock Casket
Unknown1900/1910
Crafts Museum
New Delhi, India
The Mayur phorua, literally "peacock box", a creation of the nomadic Ghantrar metalsmiths of the region and cast in lost wax technique is generally used to store valuables and is consequently equipped with a lock.
The crowned peacocks perched on the lid are characteristic of the region.
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Details
- Title: Peacock Casket
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 1900/1910
- Location: Orissa
- Physical Dimensions: Brass, 29 cm x 24 cm
- Provenance: Orissa
- Type: Metal casting
- Rights: Text : Jyotindra Jain, Aarti Aggarwala. Museums of India, National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Limited, 1989.ISBN 0-944142-23-0 Photograph by : Pankaj Shah
- Gallery: Crafts Museum collection
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