Context (Field collection)
Given to Mark Elliott, by Bina Gandhi Deori in 2016.
Event Date 23/2/2017
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Display)
'Another India: Explorations and Expressions of Indigenous South Asia' 07/03/2017 - 22/04/2018 MAA exhibition label text reads:
Humans, animals & gods
The objects in this case present the variety of metal sculptures that do not immediately appear to fit into conventions of Hindu or Buddhist iconography. Several are profoundly ambiguous, with a mixture of styles, or have been so worn by weathering or handling that they are unreadable.

14. Adivasi dancer
This generic ‘tribal dancer’ was made by dhokra artists in Bengal. The technique differs from that of gadwakam in the method of casting and the absence of an earth core which gives a more delicate, sinuous figure.
Shantiniketan,West Bengal Donated by Bina Gandhi Deori, 2014 2017.12

Event Date 22/3/2017
Author: remke Velden

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2017.2 | Another India: Explorations and Expressions of Indigenous South Asia
Event Date 8/3/2017
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Bell metal (copper alloy) figure of an Adavasi man beating a drum made by dhokra artists in Bengal. The technique differs from that of gadwakam in the method of casting and the absence of an earth core which gives a more delicate, sinuous figure.
Event Date 18/3/2021
Author: rachel hand