Theyyam Head Set on Stand – Hand painted Kerala Art NRI jewellery gift and a distinctive gift for

and a distinctive gift for someone who wants Mughal-inspired art without the more common rectangular format

and floral and dot detailing are applied in separate stages by hand

natural tones

Dust it with a dry

the artwork is watercolour on paper

Theyyam Head Set on Stand – Hand painted Kerala Art NRI jewellery gift and a distinctive gift forTwo very different faces sit side by side in this set one marked with a soft scatter of sunburst medallions and a delicate gold beaded arc across the lip, the other little fiercer, its mouth portion has a silver ekir, the long curved ornament worn in Theyyam to suggest bared, predatory teeth. It's less a matched pair than a study in contrast: gentleness beside ferocity, mounted side by side on their own stands. Theyyam's ritual cast spans a wide range