Wooden Puppets

Size:

10 – 25cm

Region:

Kol Tribe, Maharashtra,  India

Material:

Wood

Condition:

good, nice patina; some little damages on some puppets

Description:

Women who wanted a baby offered these puppets in a temple to a similar, but much bigger, figure of the goddess Marai

See: Mode – Indian Folk Art, picture 90

There is an article on these puppets by B. Fosshag in “Publications”