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281. Add Or 3467

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Add Or 3467
Title:
The Baha festival - sacrifice. Artist(s): Paneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1920-1930)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Above, a tree on which two cloths have been hung. To the right, the priest kneeling, holding a fowl with an axe beside him, behind him a Santal blowing a buffalo horn to the left, two further Santals standing, one of them (the ‘kudam naeke’ or field priest) holding a chicken...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

282. Add Or 3468

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3468
Title:
The Baha festival. - return. Artist(s): Paneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1920-1930)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. The priest with two followers returning to the village where he is welcomed by a Santal woman with a pot. The priest carries a sprig of sal-tree blossom, a winnowing fan and an axe his immediate follower blows a buffalo horn, the third holds a pot. Below, four Santals drink...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

283. Add Or 3469

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3469
Title:
The Baha festival - bullock and python. Artist(s): Paneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1920-1930)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. A bullock on the further side of a tree, its tail held by a Santal boy who shows his teeth. To the left, a Santal about to fell it with the butt-end of an axe. Below, two Santals bringing a python to a third Santal, who stirs a pot. At the bottom, a drunk Santal supported.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

284. Add Or 3484

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3484
Title:
Episodes from the Baha festival. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Above, a bullock about to be killed, a boy holding its tall, two Santals standing in front, one of them with an axe. Below, three figures preparing rice-beer. At the bottom, two men and two women standing with two sal-tree branches.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

285. Add Or 3487

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3487
Title:
The Baha festival - procession to the grove. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Above, the priest with three assistants carrying winnowing fans, a basket and an axe, proceeding to the sacred grove. Below, the grove itself, indicated by three schematic trees, with the party grouped in the centre. On the right, the priest sacrifices a chicken on the uptu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

286. Add Or 3488

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3488
Title:
The Baha festival - procession from the grove. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Three of the party returning from the sacred grove, carrying a pot, winnowing fan and basket, a Santal woman washing the feet of the leader (the priest). Below, a Santal man dancing accompanied by three drummers, two with tamaks, one with a ‘tumdak’.’ At the bottom, four Sa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

287. Add Or 3489

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3489
Title:
The Baha festival - bullock and python killing. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. A white bull, its tail held by a Santal, confronts another Santal who prepares to fell it with the butt-end of an axe. Below, a young python, its head resting on a tree, is supported by two Santals with knives. To the right, two Santals cooking python meat. Below, a Santal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

288. Add Or 3490

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3490
Title:
The Baha festival - sacrifice and rice -beer making. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. A Santal carrying on a yoke two pots, three other Santals killing a goat by beheading it with an axe. Below, in three lines, twelve Santals, making, serving and drinking rice-beer, the foremost of them a bearded drinker (perhaps the ‘manjhi’ or headman).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

289. Add Or 3494

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3494
Title:
The Baha festival - procession. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. The priest with three Santal villagers, carrying an axe, winnowing fan, buffalo horn and baskets, proceeding to the sacred grove. Below a tree, beside which the priest offers a chicken for sacrifice, his assistant standing behind him, to the left, a Santal is ‘possessed’ by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

290. Add Or 3495

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3495
Title:
The Baha festival - return. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. A Santal woman washing the feet of the priest after his return from the grove; the priest has his foot on a wooden stool and holds a sprig of sal-tree blossom and a winnowing fan. Behind him a Santal villager with a pot on his shoulder. To the left a third villager. Below,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

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