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131. Add Or 3442

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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

132. Add Or 3450

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3450
Title:
A small brown tiger with blackish skin, accompanied by a Muslim figure.. Artist(s): Jitu Chitrakar (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
A small ‘tiger’ with blackish grey skin, black stripes and enormous head, with brilliant red tongue and eye and black spots, accompanied by a ‘Muslim’ figure, with black beard and blackish grey skin, walking beside it and holding an iron chain. Below, a ‘pir’s’ shrine, with a bearded figure on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

133. Add Or 3472

Reference (shelfmark):
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

134. Add Or 3486

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3486
Title:
A blue and white monkey figure addressing a goose-like bird. Below, a brown skinned, four-headed figure, a princely figure kneeling and supplicating before him.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A blue and white monkey-like figure with out-stretched arms addressing a goose-like bird with yellow head and beak and black and blue plumage. Below, a brown-skinned, four-headed figure with two arms, seated on the ground, a princely figure with brown cap and scarf and blue tunic kneeling and s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

135. Add Or 3519

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3519
Title:
A green tiger with blue eyes, ridden by a Muslim figure.
Scope & Content:
A green tiger with blue eyes, whiskers, claws and stripes and yellow collar, ridden by a bearded Muslim figure with green skin, yellow coat and blue trousers holding a rosary in his right hand, a pot suspended from a club in his left. Note: The Muslim figure regarded as Satya Pir, the tigers’ g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

136. Add Or 3532

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3532
Title:
Yellow tiger surmounted by a yellow rider.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
A yellow ‘tiger’ with huge head, red and black eyes and black spots surmounted by a yellow rider, nude except for a red and white scarf round his shoulders. Below, a bulging structure radiating spikes. Note: The rider identified by Laku Citrakar as ‘Baghut bonga riding on a leopard’ and the st...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

137. Add Or 3561

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3561
Title:
An elephant; above, a palmette. Artist(s): Chedi Mali (fl.1938)
Scope & Content:
An elephant; above, a palmette.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 Item

138. Add Or 3562

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3562
Title:
A horse; above, palmette. Artist(s): Chedi Mali (fl.1938)
Scope & Content:
A horse; above, a palmette.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 Item

139. Add Or 3565

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3565
Title:
A tiger with a pigeon pecking at its open mouth; above, a palmette.. Artist(s): Chedi Mali (fl.1938) family of
Scope & Content:
A tiger with a pigeon pecking at its open mouth; above, a palmette. Note: As in other examples of village art tigers are frequently shown with leopard’s spots rather than with stripes.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 Item

140. Add Or 3566

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3566
Title:
An elephant; above, a pigeon.. Artist(s): Chedi Mali (fl.1938) family of
Scope & Content:
An elephant; above, a pigeon.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 Item

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