Standing Figure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 
Size 6,5cm

 

Type A standing male figure.

 

  The Mahlia-Kond live in the area of Orissa in the north-east of India. From  the middle of the 19th till the beginning of the 20th century nomadic                   blacksmiths manufactured these statues for the Kond in                                     cire perdue (lost wax) technique.       

                                                                                                                              The core is made out of clay.    

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