Yellow Orange Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art devotional wall art india passed from mother to daughter

passed from mother to daughter

As a representation of the ideal divine partnership

painted by women during weddings and festivals to invite good fortune

is the third of Vishnu's ten Dashavatharam incarnations

and others — arranged in a fan behind him

Yellow Orange Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art devotional wall art india passed from mother to daughterDrawing its name from the village of Cheriyal, which is about 100 kilometres away from Hyderabad in Telangana, this Mask is a 400 year old traditional art form. Wandering storytellers used painted Cheriyal masks to build intrigue for the gathered crowd in any festival to tell religious stories and folklore. This pair of decorative wall masks are painstakingly handmade using the traditional techniques with natural items like tamarind seed powder and