Artisan Ganesh in Wood Carving - White Clothing featuring the seven chakras

featuring the seven chakras

Ganesh masks like this are used in Nepalese festivals and rituals to invoke his blessings of wisdom and success

As a Fair Trade piece

hollowed out gourd with a net of colourful beads on a turned

supporting the skilled makers behind the work

Artisan Ganesh in Wood Carving - White Clothing featuring the seven chakrasImpressive large scale mask carvings of the popular Hindu god Ganesh, created by a very talented team of artisans in Newari, Nepal. Beautifully painted these would certainly make a feature piece and take pride of place. Ganesh is a very popular Hindu god, and is known as the 'remover of obstacle', deva of intellect and wisdom and as the patron of the Arts and Sciences. He is easily identified by his elephant head. A figure with the trunk of the left