This is a hand-cast brass stag head wall mount — made by a tribal artisan in India using  Dhokra technique that is over 4,000 years old. It fixes flat against the wall, the stag's head and antlers projecting outward into the room.

What is Dhokra? Dhokra is an ancient lost-wax metalcasting technique practised by tribal communities across central and eastern India. The artisan builds your piece entirely in beeswax by hand — every spike of the heart-shaped base border, every point of the branching antlers, every detail of the stag's face pressed in by thumb and tool. That wax sculpture is wrapped in clay and fired. The heat melts the wax away, leaving a hollow cavity in the exact shape of the piece. Molten brass is poured in to fill it. Once cooled, the clay mould is broken open by hand — and destroyed. No mould is ever used twice.

What does GI-tagged mean? Dhokra is GI-tagged — a Government of India certification that works like a protected designation of origin, similar to Champagne in France or Stilton in England. It is a guarantee of provenance: that this piece is authentic, made by tribal artisan communities using traditional methods passed down across generations. Not a factory. Not a machine. Hands that have carried this craft for 4,000 years.

About this piece In Indian tribal tradition, the deer — Hiran — represents grace, alertness, and the untamed natural world. The heart-shaped base from which this stag emerges is not incidental — it is the forest itself, rendered in brass, offering the animal forward into your space. Where European trophy mounts speak of conquest, this one speaks of reverence. The stag is not hunted here. He is honoured. Mounted on a wall, the shadow his antlers cast in warm light becomes part of the piece.

Sustainably Made, Naturally Rooted From the clay of the fields to the wax of the forests, every element is drawn from nature. No factories. No moulds replicated by machine. Just hands, tradition, and earth.

Ethically Sourced, Artisan-Centric We work directly with the artisans who make these pieces, ensuring fair compensation and honouring their craft. We never bargain with the hands that create magic.