Indian/Dhokra items

Old/new? Authentic use/tourists pieces? Worth a few $$/nothing special?

 

Both. Not all of them are Dhokra, btw. Most of them are good pieces, meant for ritual.
The bowl is Dhokra, nice but there are many like it.

The two round lidded items are betel containers. There is a market for genuine betel paraphernalia, although these particular ones aren't very rare.

The spoon with the small bowl is a puja spoon. Puja is a purification ritual performed for statues of deities, for instance. Some of these sell for very nice money.

The oil lamp is a nice one, but also closer to tourist/export ware.

The scoop could be a puja spoon as well. It is a model I am not familiar with.

The last one is a kohl/kajal burner, used to make kohl, the black eye makeup. They would hang these over an oil lamp with a specially made wick from which they would collect soot. Looks like this one was repurposed as a container for blue pigment, used in dances, especially in the south.

I think there is a market for all of them, should you wish to sell.

 

What a blue that is!

 

Marote, I just sent you a private message.

 

What did I do wrong to deserve such a pm with all those insults?!

Just kidding . Thank you for the pm and for sharing your knowledge here.

 

Just me in a foul mood.