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032-003279596 Collection Area Visual Arts Level [40] File

1. Add Or 3451

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3451
Title:
Figures drumming and dancing. Artist(s): Jitu Chitrakar (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
Figures drumming and dancing. Above, two tall figures, one of them with a chain; between them a smaller figure leaping around with small sticks. Below, a line of three men, the first with a gong, the second with a ‘tamak,’ the third with ‘a tumdak’.’ All have blackish grey skins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 3450

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3450
Title:
A small brown tiger with blackish skin, accompanied by a Muslim figure.. Artist(s): Jitu Chitrakar (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
A small ‘tiger’ with blackish grey skin, black stripes and enormous head, with brilliant red tongue and eye and black spots, accompanied by a ‘Muslim’ figure, with black beard and blackish grey skin, walking beside it and holding an iron chain. Below, a ‘pir’s’ shrine, with a bearded figure on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3452

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3452
Title:
Four figures with swords, Hindu goddess Kali, two attending figures sucking blood from two human heads.. Artist(s): Jitu Chitrakar (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
At the top, four figures with sword sticks. Below the Hindu goddess, Kali, black with red tongue and aureole, four-armed standing on a prone figure holding two freshly-cut human heads (one of which is being gnawed by a dog); on either side two attending figures sucking blood from two human head...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

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