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082			_aCRFT _bSHY
100			_aShyam, Bhajju
245		4	_aThe Night Life of Trees
260			_aChennai _bTara Books _c2016
300			_a40: ill. _c24.13 x 1.02 x 33.53 cm _rHB
504			_aThe Night Life of Trees is an exquisite hand-bound and screen-printed book of paintings by three of the finest artists of the Gond tribal art tradition. The Gonds, a tribe of central India, are traditionally forest dwellers. They believe that trees are hard at work during the day providing shelter and nourishment to all. Only when night falls can they finally rest, and their spirits reveal themselves. These luminous spirits are captured in The Night Life of Trees, a fascinating and haunting foray into the Gond imagination. Each painting is accompanied by its own poetic tale, myth or lore, narrated by the artists themselves, which recreate the familiarity and awe with which the Gond people view the natural world. Screen-printed by hand on black paper, every page of this book is an original print. Each book in this limited second edition of 1,000 is individually numbered.
650			_aCentral India
650			_aCraft & Making
650			_aGond beliefs and traditions
650			_aGond tribal community
650			_aTree lore
700			_a Bai, Durga _eCo-author
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