Black And Golden Bankura Panchmura Terracotta Craft Necklace Jewellery Set Bastar Iron Craft or a blend of both

or a blend of both

These shapes can range from small trinket boxes to larger sculptures and decorative pieces

preserving the artistic traditions of the region for generations to come

Even today the rural communities continue with the practice of offering the terracotta figures as token of their devotion

and then the clay is sun-dried before it is painted with natural colours

Black And Golden Bankura Panchmura Terracotta Craft Necklace Jewellery Set Bastar Iron Craft or a blend of bothTerracotta of Bankura is one of the first attempts of man at clay modelling that has been perfected with time. Baked in sun and burnt in mud kilns with dry eucalyptus leaves, the earthly ensembles in dull ochre or red are beauteous caricatures. Terracotta has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. The simple yet dynamic terracotta artistry of Panchmura has its origin in religious ritual. The structure of the 'Bankura Horse' has been so