Tribal Men Music Band

Tribal Story

₹ 5,500.00

The location of these Patachitra Shilpi or artists falls in a place, popularly known as Jangal Mahal in West Bengal. The area is home to a number of indigenous tribes like Santhals, Vills, Mundas. The paintings, for obvious reasons, depict the tribal culture. One such example by Nazra Chitrakar, who learnt the art from her older generations and is now passing it on to her successors. This one depicts the daily life and chores of the tribal people where the men are sleeping while the women are fetching water.

Mukha-Dinajpur

₹ 1,500.00

Mukha art of South Dinajpur from West Bengal. The wooden masks is the prime occupation for the locals. Visit the Mukha section and bring home these colorful creations to decorate the walls.

Tribal Story

₹ 5,500.00

The location of these Patachitra Shilpi or artists falls in a place, popularly known as Jangal Mahal in West Bengal. The area is home to a number of indigenous tribes like Santhals, Vills, Mundas. The paintings, for obvious reasons, depict the tribal culture. One such example by Nazra Chitrakar, who learnt the art from her older generations and is now passing it on to her successors. The artwork showcase a dance performance by the young tribal boys and girls.

Babu Bibi

₹ 4,500.00

A couple gets intimate and romantic while spending time together. As a part of a story telling about the regular, day to day life, this piece of art makes for a sweet romantic tale. Such paintings, accompanied by songs, in olden days of no television serials, would serve the purpose of entertainment to the village women. They would listen to the stories sung by the Pata Shilpis and laugh and cry, and become one with the characters. This one is done by a young artist Rajesh Chitrakar.

Mukha-Dinajpur

₹ 1,500.00

Mukha art of South Dinajpur from West Bengal. The wooden masks is the prime occupation for the locals. Visit the Mukha section and bring home these colorful creations to decorate the walls.

Bibi playing Guitar

₹ 4,500.00

A depiction of modern women of the then Kolkata in this Patachitra talks about the inclination of the upper class, urban women towards art and music. Painted in typical Pot Maya style, by a young artist of today, Rajesh Chitrakar, it shows the culture of Bengal.

Bajna Wooden Toy – Elephant (Single Item)

₹ 130.00

Manasa Mangal

₹ 5,500.00

This painting, by Bahadur Chitrakar, is a scene from the Manasa Mangal, also known as Padmapuran, a folk lore based on Hindu mythology. The deity of snakes, Devi Manasa is one of the protagonists of the story who compels Chand Saudagar, a rich businessman, to worship her by hook or crook. Chand was a worshipper of Shiva and he would never want to pay homage to Manasa. To fulfil her desire, Manasa sends her snakes to bite Chand’s son Lakhindar to death. Behula, the wife of Lakhindar, takes all the pain to make piece between Manasa and Chand, and subsequently gets back her husband to life.

Mukha-Dinajpur

₹ 1,500.00

Mukha art of South Dinajpur from West Bengal. The wooden masks is the prime occupation for the locals. Visit the Mukha section and bring home these colorful creations to decorate the walls.

Babu Bibi

₹ 4,500.00

Painted in black and white, the old Kolkata’s Babu and Bibi (man and wife) talks about a common pass time for the couples, chatting and smoking. The painting style is known as ‘Kalighat er Patachitra’ which connects to Kalighat, the famous pilgrimage in Kolkata, and depicts the city life. Rajesh Chitrakar, an artist of the new generation has learned and mastered the art so well.