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311. Add Or 3436

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3436
Title:
Krishna steals the milkmaids' cloths.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
Krishna steals the milkmaids’ clothes. Krishna, black-skinned and playing a flute, sits on a branch of a tree below which six milkmaids stand clamouring for the return of their clothes. With the exception of one who wears a red blouse, all are nude. Six pieces of cloth hang from the branches....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

312. Add Or 3437

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3437
Title:
Krishna and cowherd companion fluting to a cow and calf.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
Krishna and a cowherd companion fluting to a cow and calf. Below, a seated Krishna accosts four milkmaids who are carrying pots of curd on their heads.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

313. Add Or 3438

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3438
Title:
Krishna carrying six pots of curd on a yoke.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
Krishna carrying six pots of curd on a yoke; a milkmaid with a pot on her head on either side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

314. Add Or 3439

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3439
Title:
Krishna ferrying three milkmaids across.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
Krishna ferrying three milkmaids across the river Jumna.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

315. Add Or 3440

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3440
Title:
Radha and Krishna united on a lotus.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
Radha and Krishna united on a lotus.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

316. Add Or 3441

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3441
Title:
Scroll painting depicting 14 subjects in the Baha festival, uncut. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
Scroll-painting, uncut, depicting the Baha festival. By Jogendra Citrakar, village Jogidih, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, 1945. Water-colour; width 325 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1945. Purchased 1974. 1 Two majestic figures with large heads and closed legs standin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

317. Add Or 3442

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3442
Title:
A large brown tigress with black spot suckling a cub and biting off a man's head, mounted by a Muslim figure.. Artist(s): Aminda Chitrakar (fl. 1920-45)
Scope & Content:
A large brown ‘tigress’ with black spots, suckling a cub and biting off a man’s head, mounted by a Muslim figure, with black beard and white cap, holding a rosary and stick. Around them the alcove of a shrine (?). Below, a dark brown stag with black spots, gazing over its shoulder at a black d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

318. Add Or 3442-3443

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3442-3443
Title:
Add.Or.3442-3443 Scroll painting cut into two sections illustrating the tigers’ god. By Aminda Citrakar, village Kusunghata, Sapchala circle, Dumka su ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3442-3443 Scroll painting cut into two sections illustrating the tigers’ god. By Aminda Citrakar, village Kusunghata, Sapchala circle, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, c.1920. Water-colour; width 265 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1944. Purchased 1974.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919-1945
Extent:
2 items

319. Add Or 3443

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3443
Title:
The pir's shrine.. Artist(s): Aminda Chitrakar (fl. 1920-45)
Scope & Content:
The ‘pir’s’ shrine with four red flags on bamboo poles on the corners, a knife ill front, two small horses to the right, and a midget Muslim worshipper kneeling before it. On either side, a tall Muslim figure with black beard, holding a curved pole tipped with a red flag. Below, two Muslims wi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

320. Add Or 3444

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3444
Title:
The Baha festival - three figures. Artist(s): Jitu Chitrakar (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
Two skirted figures in brown and reddish orange, with short knob-tipped stumps as arms, standing on either side of a female figure, thinner but only slightly less tall. The left figure with black head, the right figure with brown head. Below, lotus flowers and stalks (?). Note: For Puri paint...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item