Yellow Lilac Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art Send Rakhi Abroad making it suitable for buyers

making it suitable for buyers who prefer non-religious ethnic jewellery

then coated in white lime before being hand-painted with natural pigments — the same slow

colourful ornamentation you'd find in henna or festival decoration

its form filled edge to edge with the fine

recognisable piece of Rajasthani miniature portraiture into a home abroad

Yellow Lilac Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art Send Rakhi Abroad making it suitable for buyersA 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