
The
Crafts Museum complex is a charming oasis in the midst of the hustle and
bustle of Delhi. Mud huts with painted walls and thatched roofs, courtyards,
terracotta horses recreating village shrines, craftsmen at work are some
of the elements that add to the rural ambience of the place. Within the
museum itself are examples of traditional Indian crafts, wooden carvings
and images, metalware, especially ewe perdue objects from Bastar, West
Bengal and Bihar, clay and terracotta pots, toys and images, folk and
tribal paintings, jewellery and textiles. Some of the most outstanding
exhibits are the life size wooden buta figures which were discovered in
an abandoned rural shrine in Karnataka.