Madhubani Wall Art

The Mithila country around Madhubani, in north Bihar: still ponds where the makhana lotus seeds are gathered by hand, mango orchards heavy at harvest, paddy planted out in the monsoon and the rice harvest in autumn, and mud-walled courtyards where the women of the house add bands of pattern to the wall in winter light. This collection holds Woman of Mithila Gathering Makhana Lotus Seeds, Makhana Harvest on a Mithila Pond, Mango Orchard at Harvest in a Mithila Village, Mithila Women Decorating Their Courtyard Wall, Sikki Grass Baskets of Mithila, Paddy Transplanting in the Mithila Monsoon and Rice Harvest in a Mithila Village, each printed on canvas. Also: the litchi harvest in a Mithila orchard, a ferry across the Kamla river, the Sama-Chakeva festival, women at the village well and a Mithila village at night with fireflies. The weekly haat, kingfishers and herons on a village pond, a woman with a basket of fish, Jat-Jatin dancers and a Mithila wedding procession complete the set.