Ardhanarishwar Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art Mithila art jewelry Weight: 2 kgs

Weight: 2 kgs

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Ardhanarishwar Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Folk Art Mithila art jewelry Weight: 2 kgsAmong 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