Brass Bhuta Figure Of Panjurli Boar - 18th Century Opera Chests often in the very innermost

often in the very innermost room of the shrine

solid elm seat with a beautifully aged surface

It is an excellent museum quality reproduction

The heavy use of blue shows how popular Prussian Blue (ferric-ferrocyanide) had become after it became readily available in the early 1820's

Brass Bhuta Figure Of Panjurli Boar - 18th Century Opera Chests often in the very innermostThe tribal cultures of South India are fascinating, none more so than the Bhuta traditions on the Malabar Coast. This brass cast boar is from Karnataka in South India and depicts Panjurli, the Bhuta boar spirit. Bhuta Kola is an animist form of spirit worship from the coastal regions of Karnataka and North Kerala. These ceremonies usually took place annually and were sponsored by wealthy Kshatriya caste families. Boars were often responsible for the