Indian Brass "Dhokra" Tribal Tortoise Box worry dolls Suda was strongly influenced by

Suda was strongly influenced by both Danish Modern pottery and native Canadian art--influences which I think wonderfully merge in these earthy and strikingly graphic hand-formed candleholders

with natural bristles attached via fine hand-stitched wire (I think horse hair on the drafting brush

are featured in numerous museum collections of significant Native American objects

who had an incredible collection of vintage dolls from around the world

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Indian Brass "Dhokra" Tribal Tortoise Box worry dolls Suda was strongly influenced byI think my favorite thing about this vintage Indian brass turtle box is its feet! From what I understand, it is an example of Dhokra metal casting, a wax casting method that has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is commonly used to make animal figures (horses, elephants, peacocks, owls, etc) as well as religious images, measuring bowls, lamp caskets etc. The latch on the turtle's back swings open to reveal that it is in fact a box of sorts,