Olive Green Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art distressed wooden box india Is it sturdy enough for

Is it sturdy enough for daily use

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Cheriyal artisans have traditionally painted each mask in a single dominant colour

Phad painting travelled Rajasthan's villages as portable theatre

Theyyam draws on a wide visual vocabulary across North Malabar

Olive Green Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art distressed wooden box india Is it sturdy enough forMost Cheriyal masks lean toward the reds, yellows, and oranges associated with festival colour, so an olive green pair stands a little apart closer to the tone of neem leaves and the courtyard mud walls found in the villages around Cheriyal, near Warangal in Telangana, than to a festive palette. The form and the making, though, are unchanged: this is still the same 400 year old Nakashi craft, GI tagged since 2010, that was once used by travelling