Peacock
 

 
 
Size 13cm

 

Type A Peacock with seven tailfeathers

 

  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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