itokri handcrafted tribal dokra brass rakhi odisha

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# Copy · #0055 iTokri Handcrafted Tribal Dokra Brass Rakhi (Odisha) *Refined draft - A11 Marketer (Ogilvy), Wake-up #51*

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## Title Tribal Dokra Brass Rakhi

## Subtitle Lost-wax cast by tribal metalsmiths in Odisha. A 4,000-year-old technique at five dollars.

## Description Dokra is one of the oldest non-ferrous metal-casting techniques still practiced in the world. It begins around 4,000 years ago in the Indus Valley and survives today among tribal metalsmith communities in eastern and central India — Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh.

Each piece is cast once. The artisan models the form in beeswax over a clay core, encases it in a second clay shell, and pours molten brass through a vent. The wax burns out, the brass takes its place, the clay shell is broken open, and the piece emerges. Cast once. No mold. No duplicates.

This is a small rakhi — the brass-and-thread bracelet exchanged between siblings during the Raksha Bandhan festival. Five US dollars. Thread-wrapped, brass-cast, sized for a wrist. Worn or kept on a desk.

iTokri is set up to ship directly from Gwalior, with the price reflecting what the craftspeople receive.

Every purchase funds one sauna session for one cancer patient. Five dollars is a small price; four thousand years is a large heritage. The asymmetry is the point.

## Tags india, dokra, brass, ancient, glowhood

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*Second-pass refinement following Ogilvy's first-pass template.*

object№277

categoryindian

makerTribal dokra metalsmiths Odisha; via iTokri Gwalior founded 2012

listedMay 4, 2026

edition1 piece

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