Hand-Painted Theyyam Wall Plaque - Large Wooden Wall Décor yellow Thanjavur doll hand-painted and hand-distressed for an

hand-painted and hand-distressed for an antique finish

a tradition now kept alive by only a small number of families

worked in concentric orange rings against a black outline

multi-stage process that shows in the density of the finished pattern

Dust regularly with a soft

Hand-Painted Theyyam Wall Plaque - Large Wooden Wall Décor yellow Thanjavur doll hand-painted and hand-distressed for anTheyyam 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