Yellow Lilac Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art festive home decor india Painting fine gold and red

Painting fine gold and red detail over a dark base is more demanding than working on a lighter surface

It also makes a considered gift for someone furnishing a first home or marking a significant milestone

or who wants a genuinely conversation-starting object rather than another plain wood coaster - nine emotions

or be removed and hung on the wall using the hook at the back

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Yellow Lilac Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art festive home decor india Painting fine gold and redA Cheriyal mask pair is, by design, two halves of one piece a male face and a female face, meant to be hung together rather than singly which makes the two tone version something of a small metaphor for a shared household, one warm shade and one cooler shade sitting side by side on the same wall. Here, yellow takes the lead with lilac as its companion tone, made by Nakashi artisans in the village of Cheriyal near Warangal in Telangana, using a mask