Red Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art indian art gifting Built on medium-density engineered wood

Built on medium-density engineered wood and sealed for heat and water resistance

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

as though the scene had been carved into temple relief rather than painted onto scroll

A loop is fixed to the back of each piece for direct wall mounting

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

Red Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art indian art gifting Built on medium-density engineered woodRed 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