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Project / Collection Archer Collection Language Not applicable Name Chitrakar, Budeshwar, fl 1940

1. Add Or 3470

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Add Or 3470
Title:
The goddess Kali, four armed, with dark blue skin.. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
The goddess Kali, four-armed, with dark blue skin and yellow garland of human heads, in one of her hands a severed head. She stands on a prone male victim, a small snake above its head.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 3471

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Add Or 3471
Title:
Two demons, blue-skinned and with long hair.. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
Two demons, blue-skinned and with long hair down their backs; the first brandishing a knife, the second holding a human leg and chewing a human arm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3472

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Add Or 3472
Title:
A large yellow tiger, black-spotted except for stripes on the neck; below, a coiled up snake, a bear and a peacock.. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
A large yellow ‘tiger’, black-spotted except for black stripes on the neck; below, a coiled up snake, a bear and a peacock. Reproduced: M. Archer (1967), p.81. Note: The ‘tiger’ is here regarded as Baghut bonga (see Introduction to printed catalogue). For the Shahabad cult of Baghaut (a man w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3473

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Add Or 3473
Title:
Hor Raja mounted on a brown horse.. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
Hor Raja (chief of the Santal tribe) mounted on a brown horse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3474

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Add Or 3474
Title:
Two Soren Sepoys. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
Two Soren sepoys (members of the soldier clan) marching in brown caps, blue and green tunics and black shoes and holding in their hands long black muskets. Below a spotted deer chased by a dog.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3475

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3475
Title:
A Murmu mounted in state on a blue elephant. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
A Murmu (priest clan) mounted in state on a blue elephant, a mahout with goad seated beside him.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 Item

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