Folk Lore Museum

Folk-Lore Museum

The Folk Museum has more than 6500 collections of unique articles. The gallery is divided into a number of sections with folklore, large dolls, literature, and art.

The Museum has costumes of both northern and southern forms of Yakshagana, Kathakali of Kerala, folk dramatist of Andhra Pradesh. The Yakshagana costumes have props and accessories of both Thenkathittu and BadguThittu. 

The museum has a collection of rare and valuable Hanuman crown from KugalaBalli village in North Karnataka. Masks, puppets, leather dolls, sawdust dolls from various parts of Karnataka, Items representing to Soliga community, Ink preparation at Dodderi village of Chitradurga about 200 years ago. The mantapa an ornamental wooden altar used by Jnanapeeta awardee Kuvempu. 

The Museum has Folk musical instruments include string, percussion and wind instruments.
String instruments include kinnari of the Jogis, the choudike and Tamburi of the TatwaPada singers, string instrument of the Nilagaras falls.
Percussion instruments include birapanadollu, Gondaliga’s sambala, Halakki Gowda’s gummate, chande, and dimmidammadi, the damaruga of Goravas, and the nagari.
Wind instruments include junjappanagane- a three-feet long flute, the kombu, kahale and pungi. Collection of figures representing Gods, Kings, Queens, Hermits, and Soldiers. 

The Collection include Folk deities, ceremonial headwear, religious objects, village deities like Soma and Bhutha. The large doll wing at the museum has statues and large dolls, used in dances which include Soma, Talebhutha, Kaibhutha, Maari, and Gadi Maari. 

The folk life wing has instruments used by farmers, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, boatmen, fishermen, potters, cobblers and other artisans. It also includes household items like lamps, weapons, agriculture implements, cooking utensils, measures, churns, weaving implements, pots, beads, baskets, items of folk games and clothing.