Apsara Wall Frame - Hand carved Hand-Painted Decor pastel ethnic earrings india arms flung wide in dance

arms flung wide in dance

this brings a specific regional devotional tradition — Bengal's Durga Puja iconography — into a home abroad

flat colour blocking and strong outlines drawn from leather shadow-puppetry

with Annapoorneshwari cut out seated at its centre in a red and gold sari

Apsara Wall Frame - Hand carved Hand-Painted Decor pastel ethnic earrings india arms flung wide in danceIn South Indian temples, no idol stands alone every deity is framed by a Prabhavali, the carved and painted arch that represents its aura, the field of radiance around it. EthniiChic's Apsara Wall Frame borrows that same architectural language and brings it into a home sized wall piece. At its centre is an Apsara, a celestial dancer from Indian mythology, hand carved in solid Sheesham wood and set inside a fully hand painted Prabhavali arch inspired