Bastar Goddess Figure From Chhattisgarh - Ca 1960 Stools Features: Hand-engraved geometric decoration

Features: Hand-engraved geometric decoration

or accompaniments during meals

36 x 15 x 63 (wxdxh cms)

This one is decorated with geometric patterns and carved figures

Bastar Goddess Figure From Chhattisgarh - Ca 1960 Stools Features: Hand-engraved geometric decorationThis Indian cast brass dhokra figure is almost certainly a mother goddess from the Bastar tribes of Chhattisgarh. Dating to the mid 20th century, the figure has a vadhi (the halo like arch over their head) denoting their divine status as a god. In Bastar culture, mother goddesses usually carry weapons and a vessel for drinking the blood of sacrificial victims. Male deities were predominantly associated with ancestor worship. This brass figure was