SouvNear Wall Decor – The Elephant Hook – Small Rustic Wall-Mounted Bronze Metal Sculpture of an Elephant Face with Trunk Up – A Primitive Clothes, Key, Coat Hanging Single Hook for Indoors or Outdoors – Bedroom, Bathroom, Living Room, Patio, Garden and Yard – Unique Handmade Tribal Art Gifts from India

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This is a Dhokra art Hook (also spelled Dokra)
These artifacts are completely hand made by tribals in the interiors of India using non-ferrous metal casting. Dhokra art uses the 4,000 year old “lost wax casting” technique that was used in the ancient Harappa and Mohenjodaro civilizations. In this technique, a unique cast is made for every single artifact, which gets destroyed in the process. So each masterpiece has to be created from scratch and is unique – a one of it’s kind in the world. The art serves as the livelihood for the artisans and their families.

Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of the Dhokra Art process:

Step 1 – A mould of wet mud is created by the artisans to give the initial shape to the sculpture. The mould is then adorned with bees-wax with the final design details in mind. It’s the same wax that will melt away and give way to the molten bronze later (in step 3).
Step 2 – The wax covered mould is further covered with a layer of wet mud leaving a small opening on the top, dried and bound with iron wire, and covered with a final layer of mud.
Step 3 – The mould is heated to melt the wax and liquid bronze is poured in the hole at the top. The molten metal fills the spaces left behind by the melted wax and the bronze sculpture is thus formed. After cooling the cast, the outer mud covering is broken to reveal the sculpture. Finally it’s cleaned, buffed to highlight some features or painted in some cases before it reaches a store.

• NOTE: Read below in Product Description to find out more about the interesting “Tribal Dhokra Art and Artifacts”.
• Single, rustic bronze metal wall hook sculpture with an elephant face. You can buy multiple if you want a row of hooks
• Great for typical hook use like hanging clothes, keys, robes, coats, hats, light bags, trousers, jeans, gowns, shirts, walking sticks, umbrellas, etc. both indoors or outdoors – your bedroom, living room, bathroom, patio, yard, garden
• Also excellent for themed decorative use to hang paintings, oil lamps, small planters, etc., or even as curtain tiebacks. These tribal elephant hook sculptures have been created using the ‘Dhokra’ technique. Due to the intrinsic nature of the Dhokra art technique, there will be slight variations in color, size and shape of the sculpture.
• Mounting hardware is not included. Dimensions: Length – 3.5 x Width – 1.3 x Height – 4.5 (Inches)