Tholu Bommalatha Orange Peacock Bookmark – Hand-Painted Indian Folk Art Option:Option 1 Is the crown and diamond

Is the crown and diamond detailing hand-painted

guardian-like stance echoes how Nandi appears at the entrance of many Shiva temples

25 inches in length without the base

quieter presence than a bull's

one of Bihar's oldest folk art forms

Tholu Bommalatha Orange Peacock Bookmark – Hand-Painted Indian Folk Art Option:Option 1 Is the crown and diamondA 400 Year Old Art Form. Now Marking Your Place in a Book. Tholu Bommalatha is one of India's oldest surviving folk art traditions, originating in Andhra Pradesh over four centuries ago, originally painted on leather for shadow puppet theatre. Hand painted in the leather puppet tradition of Andhra Pradesh, this peacock bookmark carries the orange of a Deccan sunset the same warmth artisans have painted onto Tholu Bommalata puppets for generations of