Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist vintage Japanese sculpture Dhorka refers to the traditional

Dhorka refers to the traditional method of lost wax casting native the Dhokra Damar tribes of West Bengal

but when laid on its side it can be positioned however one likes

Both are in excellent condition

I am not 100% certain the maker of this piece

Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist vintage Japanese sculpture Dhorka refers to the traditionalA curious thing, this old cast iron fisted hand weighs nearly 4 pounds, and based on another similar I have found out there sold by another dealer, I believe it might originally have been a gate weight perhaps for a church gate, with the cross at the base but I'm not 100% certain. There is a recess on the reverse side of the hand perhaps to which somehow a chain once attached. The other similar I found was dated to Civil War era, and I might guess