This Kondh bronze figure is from tribal Orissa in central India. They were made from a clay base with a net-like pattern of bronze and this dowry figure portrays two singing drummers seated on a cot with a lidded wicker basket between them for offerings. It would have been given to the groom as a prestige gift by the family of the bride. Please see additional view below showing the lid open. Late 19th to early 20th century. #4004  SOLD