have a high life with minimum maintenance and are at par with wood if not better strips of bamboo are extensively used to manufacture different utility and decorative items mats lamp shades trays baskets are weaved and knitted by the skilled hands of the artisans bamboo can also be converted into strong and unique furnituregond paintings the gond tribe one of the famous tribes belonging to the mandala region of madhya pradesh has a typical style of painting known as gond paintings painted freehand these two dimensional paintings reflect their perception of life the third dimension the depth is always lacking in these paintings reflecting the simplicity of the artist gond tribal paintings are not just mere decorations but also the instant expressions of their religious sentiments and devotionsdoll making dolls making art of madhya pradesh is mainly practiced in the jhabua district meghnagar kalyanpura artisans mainly represent tribal men and women in colourful dresses of their tradition these dolls are made by using paper mache techniques and cloth and are stuffed with cotton they come in various sizes and shapes in groups in pairs and are even custom made as per the client they are used as artefacts for drawing room or for gifting purposezardosi the word zardosi can be broken up into two words zar meaning gold and dosi meaning embroidery in persian thus the word zardosi actually means embroidery in goldzardosi is painstaking work where the cloth is stretched out on an addaframe the artisans sit around it on the floor and do embroidery work on the cloth the zari or kalabattu is actually a fzne thread of copper with gold or silver mostly artificial polish zardosi is done using zari and other materials such as poth beads in pearl and glass finish giaha and kora spring like metal sitara sequins of various type and kutdana glass pipe etc