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121. Add Or 404

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Add Or 404
Title:
Barni puja
Scope & Content:
Barni puja. Inscribed: ‘Barnee Poojah. Hindoo.’ Note: The term ‘Barni’ is a corrupt form of ‘Baruni,’ a form of worship which is done at long intervals and is similar to (but not identical with) the Chait festival. Its date is determined by astrologers and falls in the month of Chait (March ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

122. Add Or 413

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 413
Title:
Ta'ziyah and figure with fly-whisk
Scope & Content:
‘Ta’ziyah,’ and figure with fly-whisk. Inscribed: ‘Mohurrum Figure.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

123. Add Or 414

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 414
Title:
Standards under a canopy and figure praying beside them.
Scope & Content:
Standards under canopy and figure praying beside them. Inscribed: ‘Mohurrum Figures.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

124. Add Or 416

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 416
Title:
Quarter-staff and club-bearer
Scope & Content:
Quarter-staff and club-bearer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

125. Add Or 483

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 483
Title:
A landscape with a shrine and pilgrims
Scope & Content:
A scene at a shrine. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Welch (1963), no.84; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 23. A shrine to Siva, flying a red banner from the roof pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

126. Add Or 570

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 570
Title:
The King of Burma in procession with his army
Scope & Content:
The King of Burma on an elephant in a procession with his infantry. By a Burmese artist, 1870-85. Inscribed on front in Burmese: ............................... (The King leading his army) and on side: .................... (Ma Ma Khin’s parabaik). Opaque water-colour; section from a ‘parabai...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1885
Extent:
1 Item

127. Add Or 584

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 584
Title:
Muslim wedding.
Scope & Content:
Muhammadan wedding. 8 by 10 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

128. Add Or 585

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 585
Title:
Hindu wedding
Scope & Content:
Hindu wedding. 7.25 by 9.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

129. Add Or 586

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 586
Title:
Muharram festival; scene in the Imambara.
Scope & Content:
Muharram festival; scene in the Imambara. 6.5 by 9.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

130. Add Or 658

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 658
Title:
Marriage customs.
Scope & Content:
Marriage customs. Inscribed: ‘High Caste Natives. Friends bringing Presents to a Newly Married Pair.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

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