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321. Add Or 3528

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3528
Title:
The circular dance.
Scope & Content:
The circular dance. Krishna dancing simultaneously with four milkmaids and embracing Radha in their midst. Below, Krishna milking a cow, Jasoda restraining the calf. At the bottom, Krishna, Sridam and Suphal herding cows. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.72.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

322. Add Or 3529

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3529
Title:
Hor Raja Jalaghatia.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Hor Raja Jalaghatia (chief of the Santal tribe) dressed in yellow with tasselled head-dress bestriding a rearing red horse. Note: Jalaghatia, the name given by the artist, unexplained.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

323. Add Or 3530

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3530
Title:
Four Soren Sepoys.. Below, a hunting scene.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Four Soren Sepoys (members of the soldier clan) yellow-skinned, bare-footed, wearing black and white uniforms and carrying muskets. Below, a hunting scene; a spotted yellow deer, staring over its shoulder at a black and white dog about to bite its tall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

324. Add Or 3531

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3531
Title:
Hunting scene.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Hunting scene. A yellow deer pursued by the same black and white dog as in above. Below them, sketch in red for a horse up-side down; above it, a version of the red horse in Add.Or.3529.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

325. Add Or 3533

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3533
Title:
The first Santal parents, and their seven sons.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
The first Santal parents. A woman lying down; below, a man and woman standing. Beneath them, in two rows, seven male figures four with axes, three with bows and arrows. NOTE:Identified by Laku Citrakar as Pilcu Haram and Pilcu Budhi,the first parents,and the subsidiary figures as their seven ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

326. Add Or 3534

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3534
Title:
Pilcu Budhi and her seven daughters. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Eight women standing below a banyan tree. Note: Identified by Laku Citrakar as Pilcu Budhi and her seven daughters. In the alternative, as Pilcu Budhi’s eight daughters. Compare the Sohrae legend (W.G. Archer (1974), 198-99) where Sohrae is the eldest of the eight daughters and remains unmarr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

327. Add Or 3535

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3535
Title:
Seven male figures, the sons of Pilcu Budhi and Pilcu Haram, making rice beer; and their parents. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Seven male figures, the sons of Pilcu Haram and Pilcu Budhi, making rice beer and getting drunk. Below, Pilcu Haram and Pilcu Budhi setting out alone for the forest. At the bottom, sleeping together in a hut.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

328. Add Or 3536

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3536
Title:
Santal creation myth.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
A three-headed four-armed figure standing beside a goose-like bird, approached by a royal figure with long scarf attended by a servant who holds a fan above him. Below, two birds and a crab-like creature. At the bottom to the right four Santal girls, to the left, three Santal boys. Reproduced...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

329. Add Or 3541

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3541
Title:
Sengel bonga approached by Indra Dama Raja to kill his 18 sons; 18 severed heads. Artist(s): Sitanath Chitrakar (fl. c.1935)
Scope & Content:
Torn at the top. Below, a massive figure its right foot resting on its left knee, four-headed (three heads detached, one head on the body), approached by a suppliant. On the left side and at the bottom, a row of eighteen severed heads. Note: Sengel bonga approached by Indra Daman Raja (leader...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1935
Extent:
1 Item

330. Add Or 3543

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3543
Title:
The first Santal pair, with their seven sons. Artist(s): Sitanath Chitrakar (fl. c.1935)
Scope & Content:
The first Santal pair, Pilcu Haram and Pilcu Budhi, above them, their seven sons.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1935
Extent:
1 Item