Ardhanarishwar Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art Mithila art jewelry and a gold beaded arc

and a gold beaded arc curving across the upper lip

featuring bold geometric patterning rooted in Indian art tradition

This Cheriyal mask

this is normal and doesn't affect the clock's working

How should I care for this set

Ardhanarishwar Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art Mithila art jewelry and a gold beaded arcAmong the twenty odd traditional masks still made by Nakashi mask makers in Cheriyal village, near Warangal in Telangana, Ardhanarishwar is one of the more demanding to get right a single face split down the centre, one half rendered as Shiva, the other as Parvati, meeting at a shared jawline and crown. It's an iconography that goes back much further than the 400 year old Cheriyal craft itself, representing the union of masculine and feminine cosmic