Michell, George.

Living wood : sculptural traditions of Southern India / edited by George Michell. - Bombay : Marg, 1992. - viii, 208p. : ill., map, plates (chiefly col.) ; 33cm.

This volume was commissioned by the Trustees of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the gallery April 10 - May 31, 1992, and later at Cliffe Castle, Bradford, and Kunstzentrum Röperhof, Hamburg.

Includes bibls.

Contents: Introduction / George Michell; Vahanas: conveyors of the gods / Joanne Punzo Wagborne; Chariot panels from Tamil Nadu / George Michell; Doors and woodcrafts of Chettinad / Deborah Thiagarajan; Christian altar figures / George Michell; Bhuta figures of South Kanara / Nima Poovaya- Smith.

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