Red Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art indian art gifting Built on medium-density engineered wood

Built on medium-density engineered wood and sealed for heat and water resistance

Dimension : Height 10 inches and width 7

meaning "circle" in Sanskrit

Will the brass surface tarnish over time

and is often the deity households turn to for blessings around family and harmony

Red Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art indian art gifting Built on medium-density engineered woodRed is, historically, the base colour of Cheriyal art itself the background shade most often used in the original scroll paintings from which this mask making tradition descends, before green or white were sometimes worked in as accents. A red Cheriyal mask, then, sits closest to the visual language the Nakashi community of Cheriyal village, near Warangal in Telangana, has used for roughly 400 years, a craft recognised with a Geographical Indication