DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Hand-painted face mask with fish design

NameFacial Covering

Maker Chandrakant Kumar Bari (India)

CultureMithila

Date2021

Place madeMadhubani, Bihar, INDIA, South Asia, Asia

MediumCotton, elastic, acrylic paint

Dimensions5.5H x 10W cm
2 3/16H x 3 15/16W in

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase with MNMF Funds, A.2022.5.3

Object numberA.2022.5.2

DescriptionWhite cotton mask with two colorful fish (one on each side of mask) with blue circles (water bubbles).

Chandrakant Kumar Bari explains his art, noting “Everyone is badly
affected by this virus. Some cleaned more, others did yoga to develop
their immunity. Doctors got infected while treating corona patients.
When artists could not sell their art, they made masks as everyone needs
a mask. I belong to a lower middle-class family living in Madhubani town
and I am the first who passed class 12. I attended the Mithila Art Institute
and now work as a digital designer using an iPad. But my first passion is
Mithila art (from exhibition label text).