WOODEN TRIBAL NANDI Provenance:Central India This beautiful and vintage collectible

This beautiful and vintage collectible is a tea dispenser from North India

Placing these items strategically within a room can create a captivating ambiance and add a touch of elegance to any interior design

Similar wooden carvings were used to decorate and build chariots

Some believe these Bhutas to be from the sect of Ganas

His horse  is shown festively decorated  across its head and neck

WOODEN TRIBAL NANDI Provenance:Central India This beautiful and vintage collectibleThis antique wooden bullock is a toy used by children during Pola festival and is now a rare collectible. Pola festival, celebrated predominantly in Maharashtra and some parts of Central India (Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) is a day when farmers decorate and worship their bulls as a mark of respect for their support in farming. While elders celebrate this festival by worshipping bulls, children participate on the day of Chhota Pola or Tanha Pola