Tribal art work from the remotest areas near Bastar

Tribal art work from the remotest areas near Bastar

Bastar is a district in Chattisgarh next to Dantewada (where coincidentally my Dad spent quite sometime working really hard in his youth). India contains within it, 70% of villages and 30 % of cities where educated communities like us reside. Within the 70% villages in India where there is hardly any continuous supply of electricity, just enough water to survive and colleges for name sake, there are regions in the interior where no mode of transportation can reach, casual population like us is recommended not to visit (because of dangers from settled naxalites). The roads are not developed, the area comes under the forest department, there is threat to life from wild animals, there is just enough food to survive, no government assistance since the area is not recognized as a village, there are people residing creating these beautiful works of arts without the new age furnace, without modern tools, without much incentives and with limited raw material available in the vicinity. Unbelievable but true. 

Some of their art works are displayed below. 

Door handles made of mixed metal (Brass copper and zinc)

Purely completely handmade with measurements provided not by scaling units but by the tips of the fingers.  

One line is never the same as the next line. One dot is never the same diameter as the previous dot. That's the beauty of handmade.  

They make their own molds and their own handmade underground furnace.

Their designs are their own and very unique. One cannot find these designs any where else.  

   

Look at the details in this metal design above. This is a family art work, the bread and butter of the whole family. They are not a community. One family lives up hill and the other 6-7 kms away downhill. But each family is large, almost about 3 generations large. 

The bullock cart carriage that used to carry people from one place to other in the olden days.  

Handmade Mr. Camel completely handmade. You just have to provide them a picture and they make into a metal piece for you. 

Bottle openers from the British Raj times. We didnt need the openers those times, we didnt have any bottles at all.  

The under valued people in India creating some invaluable piece of arts with their magical hands only.

Valuable insights provided by 

Mrs. Varsha Tatwawadi

Owner of 'Raanbawari'

--An outlet of artefacts of Bastar (NGO)

Ph: 91- 9975055418