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2811. Add Or 3145

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3145
Title:
Scroll painting depicting the Baha festival - rice beer and bullock. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Above, a Santal making rice-beer, five others drinking, two of them lying drunk. Below, a bullock tied to a tree, a Santal holding its tail and lifting a small stick. To the right, two Santal dancers with sticks and shields, one drummer with a ‘tamak.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

2812. Add Or 3146

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3146
Title:
Scroll painting depicting the Baha festival - dancing and shooting at a bird. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Three Santal women dancing, accompanied by two men playing the flute. Below, two Santal boys shooting with bow and arrow at a bird target at the top of a tree or pole. Note: During the Baha festival, arrows are shot into a mahua tree and a sal tree, prior to gathering up th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

2813. Add Or 3147

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3147
Title:
The goddess Kali with yellow skin, ten-armed, holding a knife, and wearing a crown-like head-dress.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
The goddess Kali with yellow skin, ten-armed holding a knife in her right hand and wearing a crown-like headdress. On either side, female attendants, also crowned - one with yellow skin, the other with white.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

2814. Add Or 3148

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3148
Title:
Ganesa, and a mythical figure mounted on a black goose, with a white tiger between them.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
On the left, the elephant-headed god Ganesa, red skinned, seated on a stool. On the right, a mythical figure, single-headed, mounted on a black goose. Between them, a white ‘tiger’ with black spots and stripes pouncing on a black-skinned man who falls down across a white bullock with black str...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

2815. Add Or 3149

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3149
Title:
Advaita (Saivite) Brahmin holding a palm-leaf manuscript
Scope & Content:
Advaita (Shaivite) Brahmin holding a palm-leaf manuscript; a house and well in the background. Inscribed: ‘Smartah Brahmin going to Prayers.’ 8.75 by 6.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
1 Item

2816. Add Or 3150

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3150
Title:
Two jugglers and snake charmers
Scope & Content:
Two jugglers and snake charmers; one playing on a ‘punji’ and one handling a snake. Inscribed: ‘Jugglers and snake charmers.’ 8.75 by 7.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
1 Item

2817. Add Or 3151

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3151
Title:
Tank-digger holding a mattock and measure
Scope & Content:
Tank-digger holding a mattock and measure. Inscribed: ‘Wudder or Tank Digger.’. 8.75 by 7 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
1 Item

2818. Add Or 3152

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3152
Title:
Village carpenter at work carving a figure
Scope & Content:
Village carpenter at work carving a figure. Inscribed: ‘Village carpenter at work’. 8.75 by 7 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
1 Item

2819. Add Or 3153

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3153
Title:
Palanquin-bearer holding a curved stick
Scope & Content:
Palanquin-bearer holding a curved stick. Inscribed: ‘Palankeen Bearer of olden days.’ 8.75 by 6 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
1 Item

2820. Add Or 3154

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3154
Title:
Money-changer holding bags and a palm-leaf.
Scope & Content:
Money-changer holding bags and a palm-leaf. Inscribed: ‘Chetty or Money changer.’. 9.25 by 7 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1855
Extent:
1 Item

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