Madhubani Peacock Tissue Box - Handcrafted Folk Art Wooden bharatnatyam art home decor Alongside the painted panel

Alongside the painted panel

and sized to hold about four coffee mugs — as well as decorative

making it a unique and culturally significant accessory

Is this a good gift for someone from Mangalore or Udupi

Madhubani Peacock Tissue Box - Handcrafted Folk Art Wooden bharatnatyam art home decor Alongside the painted panelIn the Kohbar paintings that once decorated the walls of a Mithila wedding chamber, the peacock appeared again and again beside images of Radha and Krishna, its feathers standing in for beauty, love, and the arrival of the monsoon. That romantic, celebratory association has carried through generations of Madhubani painting, the folk art tradition of Bihar's Mithila region. This family size tissue box renders that peacock in a warm yellow palette, its