Metal works

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Metal works

Metal works

Bell metals, Brass works, Bronzes, Dhokra articles and copper products are in the collections of this section.

The brass Radha in a graceful posture cast in pure Odisi style, the colossal brass bull in sheet metal with angular forms gives an imposing view, the huge tree lamp, a number of lamps of different dimensions, peculiar dhokra dolls (i.e. elephants, horses, camel, peacock zali baxes etc., bellmetal utensils i.e., diamond plates, oral plates, pots of different sizes, Kamsa (vogue in rural homes) the flexible brass fish of Belaguntha with its elegantly decorative form and complicated pattern the bell metal mirror are the prize collection of this section. Folding brass glass from wastern Odisha, metal dices used in Sakata game are also a few other interesting specimens. The bellmetal and brass utensils of Kantilo are remarkable for their shape and workmanship.