Haku Shah (1934 - 2019) was a painter, cultural anthropologist, photographer, curator and a Gandhian. An internationally recognized author on folk and tribal art, he established a tribal museum in Ahmedabad and Shilpgram, a crafts village near Udaipur, India. He curated several exhibitions across the world, including Unknown India (1968), which was organized by art historian Stella Kramrisch at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is credited for films and children’s books. Shah taught at various art and design schools, including UC Davis as a Regent Professor. He received several awards, including Padma Shri in 1989.