This bust of a male Gond mounted upon a square wooden pedestal is a striking apostate of the physical and cultural identity of the Gond, one of the oldest and largest original communities of Central India. With a wealth of oral traditions, spiritual beliefs, and an art form, Gonds have long expressed their cultural narratives through sculpture, painting, and ritual practice. The bust has been carefully hollowed to represent such common facial features of Gond men. The model depicts an insurance curly hair particularly detailed around the back of the head as a testament to the work involving the realistic textures. A flat, broad nose, prominent eyebrow ridges, and cheekbones capture the ethnic distinctiveness of the community. Well-defined moustache adds to further whether reflection of masculinity-ideas about pride and masculinity in the Gond society.
The bust is placed on a square wooden pedestal; it ascends in both form and meaning because it is important and esteemed when it comes to ancestral or tribal figures. These statues didn't just represent art but carried culture down into memory-meaning places in which they honored elders, spiritual leaders, or represented stories told within the tribe or the memory of ancestors alive. This work is indeed a testimony to the close association of form with identity and tradition within Gond Art. It speaks of the kind of legacy that would celebrate the Gond tribe's long tradition and, at the same time, their very own art of visual storytelling preservation.