Pattachitra Fish Square Box - Matsya Folk Art Wooden Box Theyyam pendant It is entirely hand-painted freehand

It is entirely hand-painted freehand by our studio artisans

Is this stud appropriate for office wear

Madhubani uses bold double-line outlines and flatter colour fields

It works well on a dining table

The build is unchanged from the classic technique: tamarind seed paste and sawdust shaped over a wooden core

Pattachitra Fish Square Box - Matsya Folk Art Wooden Box Theyyam pendant It is entirely hand-painted freehandLong before Krishna or Rama, Vishnu's first descent to earth took the form of a fish Matsya, who saved the sage Manu and the seed of all living creatures from a great deluge. This square wooden box carries that ancient story through a fish and swan motif rendered in Pattachitra, Odisha's centuries old scroll painting tradition, a fitting subject for a craft form itself built around preservation and continuity. Pattachitra artists prepare their own