Name: The Dumar Tree
SKU: 602401503250
Price: 175.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

The Dumar Tree

Durga Bai: The holy Dumar tree, whose fruits look like little birds, is worshipped for nine nights during the festival of Navratri. It blesses marriages, where its wood is used to make the wedding canopy.

Read a blog post by Gita Wolf and Divya Vijayakumar – Tree Covers: The Night Life of Trees Keeps Growing – that explores the journey of our classic handmade title featuring luminous art and stories from Gond folklore. The Night Life of Trees is in its 15th English language edition and still counting…

Screenprinted & signed

limited edition art print

$ 175.00

Out of stock

Weight	100.0 g
Dimensions	560 × 430 mm
Printing	Silkscreen-printed
Paper	200 gsm – recycled from cotton waste
Edition	Limited edition of 200 prints
EAN	6.02402E+11
Packing	Bubble wrap sleeve – inside carboard tube
HSN Code	97020000

Durga Bai

Durga Bai is a female artist working within the Gond tradition of tribal art from Madhya Pradesh, central India. Her work constantly re-works and pushes the boundaries of the Gond art form to create a style that sparkles with a distinctive energy. Her work has been exhibited both within India and abroad, and she’s worked on several of Tara’s seminal projects. Click here to discover her other Tara Books.

Gond Art

The art of the Gond tribal community in central India is dense yet intricate and rich with meaning. The Gonds are one of India’s largest indigenous communities, and art is central to their lives. Originally painted on walls and floors, Gond art has since found its way to paper and canvas. Click here to discover other Tara projects with Gond artists.