Pithora & Bhil Art
Horses Crossing Water
₹21,000
Bhil horses carry the dead across the river. Built entirely from dots laid in rows that follow the body rather than fill it.
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Pithora & Bhil Art · Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh
Bhil painting is built from dots — thousands of them, laid in rows that follow the form rather than fill it. Bhuri Bai was the first Bhil woman to paint on paper rather than a wall, and was told at the time that it would not count. Her horses carry the dead across water; her dots are said to be the ancestors watching.