Gond Fish Family Tissue Box - Handcrafted Tribal Art wearable art in the tradition's fine pen-and-dye

in the tradition's fine pen-and-dye style

Most rakhis are thrown away after the festival

giving the whole piece a sense of ceremonial presentation rather than a simple picture frame

The artwork is applied through decoupage onto engineered wood and sealed

It's applied through decoupage onto engineered wood and sealed

Gond Fish Family Tissue Box - Handcrafted Tribal Art wearable art in the tradition's fine pen-and-dyeDeep in the forests of central India, the Pradhan Gond community has long believed that every tree, animal, and river carries its own spirit, and their paintings, once made on mud walls and floors, were a way of honouring that belief. It was only in the 1980s, through the pioneering work of artist Jangarh Singh Shyam, that this tribal art form from Madhya Pradesh found its way onto canvas and reached audiences far beyond its villages, evolving into