This is a hand-cast brass sculpture of a veena — the ancient stringed instrument of Indian classical music — made by a tribal artisan in India using Dhokra technique which is over 4,000 years old.

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 coil of the body, every tuning peg, every fret of the neck 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 The veena is the instrument of Saraswati — goddess of knowledge, music, and the arts — and one of the oldest stringed instruments known to human civilisation. This Dhokra rendering does not play music. It holds it — in its form, its weight, the memory of sound pressed into metal. On a shelf, a mantle, or a stack of books, it reads as pure sculpture. Those who know will recognise it immediately. Those who don't will simply feel that something here has a very long story.

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.