Teal Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art comb pendant necklace It's one of the more

It's one of the more visually striking and unusual motifs in Indian iconography

One carries a Yakshagana performer's face in full makeup

Because it's painted by hand rather than printed

garlanded and holding his staff

translating its bold circular medallions and graphic chevron patterning onto the horse form

Teal Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art comb pendant necklace It's one of the morePeacock feathers have long supplied Indian craft traditions with a particular blue green that doesn't quite match either colour on its own, and it's that same teal that colours this pair of Cheriyal masks from the village of Cheriyal, near Warangal in Telangana. The craft behind it is roughly 400 years old, practised by the Nakashi community and awarded a Geographical Indication tag in 2010 for being unique to this one part of the country. The base of