Teal Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art comb pendant necklace Vishnu represents balance

Vishnu represents balance

more design-forward take on a very old technique

The peacock is associated with beauty

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Because each piece is painted by hand rather than printed

Teal Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art comb pendant necklace Vishnu represents balancePeacock feathers have long supplied Indian craft traditions with a particular blue green that doesn't quite match either colour on its own, and it's that same teal that colours this pair of Cheriyal masks from the village of Cheriyal, near Warangal in Telangana. The craft behind it is roughly 400 years old, practised by the Nakashi community and awarded a Geographical Indication tag in 2010 for being unique to this one part of the country. The base of