Yellow Lilac Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art festive home decor india The gold rim framing the

The gold rim framing the circular plate echoes the gold in their crowns and ornaments

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Yellow Lilac Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art festive home decor india The gold rim framing theA 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