Dhokra Craft Curio - Village Woman. An elegant and unique curio with a raw, rustic appeal to enhance your decor. Dhokra is a beautiful, ancient craft and amongst the oldest traditional techniques of metal casting in India, practiced for over 4,000 years. The lost wax technique, cire perdue is the medium of metalworkers in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and West Bengal. This craft dates back to pre-historic times of the Harappa and Mohenjodaro Civilizations.