Red Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art indian art gifting performance-rooted character of Gambhira dance

performance-rooted character of Gambhira dance than the more decorative fish-crown pieces

both in gold crowns and formal temple attire

a mythical two-headed bird from Indian mythology associated with immense strength

this one is painted to look like it's already lived a life

Red Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art indian art gifting performance-rooted character of Gambhira danceRed is, historically, the base colour of Cheriyal art itself the background shade most often used in the original scroll paintings from which this mask making tradition descends, before green or white were sometimes worked in as accents. A red Cheriyal mask, then, sits closest to the visual language the Nakashi community of Cheriyal village, near Warangal in Telangana, has used for roughly 400 years, a craft recognised with a Geographical Indication