The story
Where the Bankura horse is all austere line, Sita's Village Mother is warmth held in the same geometry — a figure carrying a child, abstracted to its essentials.
It is a piece she returns to between commissions, refining the proportions a little each time. This one she felt was finally right.
A singular work, hand-burnished and fired in the Panchmura manner.
The making
From earth to object
Bankura terracotta · 300+ years — a tradition kept alive by hand.
- 01
Building the figure
The form is built by hand, holding the elongated Panchmura proportions while softening them into a maternal line.
- 02
Burnishing
Hand-burnished at the leather-hard stage for the deep matte sheen the tradition is known for.
- 03
Firing
A single controlled firing fixes the colour and the resonant ring of the finished terracotta.
Where your money goes
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of this purchase is paid directly to Sita Mahato — the hands that made it.
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Certificate of authenticity
Every piece ships with a digital certificate recording exactly what you have collected, and the hand that made it.
- Artisan
- Sita Mahato
- Craft origin
- Bankura terracotta · 300+ years
- Created
- 2026, Panchmura, West Bengal
- Materials
- Panchmura terracotta, hand-burnished
- Edition
- One of one
- Maker's mark
- Hand-burnished surface; the elongated Panchmura silhouette.
The maker
Sita Mahato
Folk terracotta · Panchmura, West Bengal
Sita Mahato carries the elongated, elegant line of the Bankura terracotta horse into a new generation of folk figures.
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