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Pregnant woman with her baby
Daily life
€140.00
This sculpture of this woman is representative of primitive art: a direct impression conveyed by the simplicity of forms, a refined style, sobriety. More...
Height : 4,72'
Weight : 1.466 lbs
Tribal Art
Lost wax casting - copper alloy
Origin : Odisha - India
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Description
Tribal art
The tribes, practicing the Dokra art, originate from the Bastar district, in South India (today located in the state of Chattisgarh), they emigrated several centuries before and settled almost everywhere in India from North to South.
Most have kept their tradition (culinary art, dress, parties ...) and their animist religion.
Dokra art
This tribal Indian art has not changed for millennia (more than 4000 years) and the technique used is always that of lost wax: a coarse clay model is made and then covered with wax by the artist who will give it its final form with its details. The whole is again covered with a clay mixture and then heated in an open hearth where a copper alloy will be poured. Visit my Blog.
Objects produced by Dokra artists can be of a usual nature: cup, candle holder ... musical instruments (brass), or artistic such as jewelry, animals: horses, elephants, turtles ..., statues of men and women representing scenes of daily life and Hindu deities adopted by the tribes: Ganesh, Lakshmi, ...
Posture Scene of daily life representing a pregnant tribal woman coming back from fishing: on the left side, she carries her young child on the waist while her right hand keeps a container filled with fish on her balance!
The effort must be intense, yet a strange grace emerges from this statuette. The silhouette is of great finesse, slender: the well rounded belly, instead of weighing down, gives great stability to this woman.
The facial features are simple, there is no jewelry. The eyes and eyebrows are stretched to the maximum giving an impression of great presence. The hairstyle is typical with the bun and the headdress based on feathers. A simple pan of the sari allows you to see the garment.
The essential is expressed in a few strokes giving a true impression.
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Customer reviews
« Fast shipping and very well packaged. Thank you.
I am very satisfied with this murti with neat details and all imbued with spirituality. » (Gérard M)
« Very happy with the gift I gave myself with the statuette of Shiva Nataraj representing the cosmic wheel with his multiple arms.
Bertrand Bellaize, through his relationship with Indian artisans, puts us in direct contact with tribal art, far from the international trade organized for mass production.
I can savor every day the purity of the delicate gestures of the Shiva and thus open myself to the surge of spirituality that this symbolism offers me. » (Pierre J)
« I, who often did not know what to give as a gift, here is the 3rd statue of Ganesh Art India that I offer in a year, this time a bust of a Bastar woman with an "inaccessible gaze". With joy in many facets: seeing the delighted expression of the person to whom I am giving the gift, allowing a gifted but unknown Indian artist to earn a little better a living and living a simple and perfect transaction with Ganesh Art India. Bertrand Bellaize is a reliable and careful person and his statues are even more beautiful in real life than in photos. » (Eric D.)