Hand-Painted Theyyam Wall Plaque - Large Wooden Wall Décor yellow Thanjavur doll rendering the same bobble-head folk

rendering the same bobble-head folk figures found across Tamil Nadu households in handcrafted form on wood

worked in concentric orange rings against a black outline

What is the frame made from

scaled up onto a circular wooden plate

Hand-Painted Theyyam Wall Plaque - Large Wooden Wall Décor yellow Thanjavur doll rendering the same bobble-head folkTheyyam is one of Kerala's oldest surviving ritual art forms, a tradition believed to stretch back well over a thousand years, in which human performers transform into living deities through elaborate face paint, headdresses, and ceremonial costume, channelling the spirit world in sacred groves across Northern Malabar. This large wall plaque captures that fierce divinity, hand painted entirely by hand on shaped wood. Every detail mirrors an actual