This traditional tribal art of casting nonferrous metal using the lost wax technique is over 4000 years old. Tribes from the regions of Chattisgarh, Bengal, Maharashtra and Andhra are famous for using this technique to create a range of figurines resembling the figurines of the Mohenjadaro era. Unlike the mass produced brass products from a single moldDhokra is created by using the lost wax technique allowing delicate filigree like sculpting on the molten brass which become visible as the was melts away and the clay mold is cracked open.