Kerala Mural Boat – Hand-painted Wooden Decor Orange border Oppiliappan Vishnu door sign with the pale sky and

with the pale sky and soft cloud shading giving it an early-morning quality

or a housewarming

the centuries-old folk art tradition of Bihar practised largely by the region's women artists

set against a rich green ground

Look closely at the top of this sculpture and you'll notice a second

Kerala Mural Boat – Hand-painted Wooden Decor Orange border Oppiliappan Vishnu door sign with the pale sky andThe shape gives it away before the colour does long, low, curling upward at both ends like a prow cutting through water. This is a snake boat, or chundan vallam, the vessel at the heart of Kerala's most famous water tradition, carved here in miniature as a hand painted wooden tray with four open compartments running down its centre. The border is worked in bold orange scrollwork against black lacquer, a palette pulled directly from Kerala Mural