Jatayu Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art kolam name board with the crown shape

with the crown shape

This is expected and part of owning genuine copper — it won't affect the clock's function

Every line of the crown and jewellery is built up in fine detail rather than left flat

Is the gold vine pattern hand-painted or a printed decal

Jatayu Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art kolam name board with the crown shapeJatayu appears in the Ramayana as the aged vulture king who tries to stop Ravana from abducting Sita, fighting until his wings are cut and he falls, mortally wounded, only to hold on long enough to tell Rama which direction Ravana had flown. It's one of the epic's more quietly devastating episodes an act of loyalty offered by a creature with no stake in the outcome beyond what's right and it's this figure that this Cheriyal mask, made in the village