Olive Green Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art hand painted kalamkari gift Thanjavur doll is a traditional

Thanjavur doll is a traditional handicraft of Thanjavur region of Chennai

often referred to as "India's Mona Lisa" for her distinctive elongated features and expression

or for anyone with a fondness for Krishna devotional themes

and honour associated with the Nandi bull

and Madhubani art for the fish

Olive Green Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art hand painted kalamkari gift Thanjavur doll is a traditionalMost Cheriyal masks lean toward the reds, yellows, and oranges associated with festival colour, so an olive green pair stands a little apart closer to the tone of neem leaves and the courtyard mud walls found in the villages around Cheriyal, near Warangal in Telangana, than to a festive palette. The form and the making, though, are unchanged: this is still the same 400 year old Nakashi craft, GI tagged since 2010, that was once used by travelling