Kerala Mural Boat – Hand-painted Wooden Decor Orange border Oppiliappan Vishnu door sign and dice included

and dice included

the union of Shiva and Parvathy

believed to intercept negative energy or the evil eye before it can enter the house

set against a rich green ground

and are best displayed side by side

Kerala Mural Boat – Hand-painted Wooden Decor Orange border Oppiliappan Vishnu door sign and dice includedThe shape gives it away before the colour does long, low, curling upward at both ends like a prow cutting through water. This is a snake boat, or chundan vallam, the vessel at the heart of Kerala's most famous water tradition, carved here in miniature as a hand painted wooden tray with four open compartments running down its centre. The border is worked in bold orange scrollwork against black lacquer, a palette pulled directly from Kerala Mural