A cute squirrel is given a detail and minute touch in this beautiful brass figure. Squirrel is a sportive and playful creature it keeps jumping here and there. Dhokra is an ancient style of crafting brass figures using the traditional lost wax method. It is created through a laborious lost wax process associated with the tribal groups of northern India. A model is sculpted of clay and dried in the sun; it is then covered with beeswax and more clay, forming a mold. The piece is cast, cleaned and again dried in the sun. Finally, it is heated in the ground for five days and polished.