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241. Add Or 3452

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3452
Title:
Four figures with swords, Hindu goddess Kali, two attending figures sucking blood from two human heads.. Artist(s): Jitu Chitrakar (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
At the top, four figures with sword sticks. Below the Hindu goddess, Kali, black with red tongue and aureole, four-armed standing on a prone figure holding two freshly-cut human heads (one of which is being gnawed by a dog); on either side two attending figures sucking blood from two human head...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

242. Add Or 3453

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3453
Title:
Hor Raja mounted on a brown horse.. Artist(s): Paneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1920-1930)
Scope & Content:
Hor Raja (chief of the Santal tribe) mounted on a brown horse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

243. Add Or 3454

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3454
Title:
Three Soren sepoys.. Artist(s): Paneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1920-1930)
Scope & Content:
Three Soren sepoys (members of the soldier clan) marching in tunics and trousers, wearing boots and carrying clubs on their left shoulders.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

244. Add Or 3455

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3455
Title:
Four Hembrom courtiers or princes.. Artist(s): Paneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1920-1930)
Scope & Content:
Four Hembrom courtiers or princes, wearing shoes and trousers, their right arms upraised as if hailing a ruler. Below, a spotted deer looking over its shoulder at a dog biting its tail, a second dog, thinly delineated, following.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

245. Add Or 3456

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3456
Title:
A Murmu (priest clan). Artist(s): Paneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1920-1930)
Scope & Content:
A Murmu (priest clan) lolling on a blue elephant and holding a blue axe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

246. Add Or 3457

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3457
Title:
The Baha festival. Artist(s): Manjoy Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Two majestic figures with large heads, legs wide apart and rudimentary arms, standing on either side of a small female figure; the large figure to the left with white face, the figure to the right with brown face. Inscribed at the foot in illegible Bengali characters. Note: Here regarded as Si...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

247. Add Or 3458

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3458
Title:
The Baha festival. Artist(s): Manjoy Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
A monkey-like figure, white with black markings, springing through the air and apparently bursting through two long chains (or twisted ropes); to the left, a dark brown bird with black markings and long beak. Around them the rugged entrance of a cave (?). Below a large male figure lying drunk,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

248. Add Or 3459

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3459
Title:
The Baha festival. Artist(s): Manjoy Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Indra Raja (leader or ruler of the Santal tribe) standing beside a partition wall; on die other side, a figure, with four heads and four arms, wearing a composite crown and lightly prancing on the back of a brown bird with long beak and rows of teeth. Below, the priest and three assistants carr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

249. Add Or 3460

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3460
Title:
The Baha festival. Artist(s): Manjoy Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Two Santals officiating in the sacred grove indicated by a pair of saplings. To the left, an assistant hands the priest a fowl; to the right, the priest prepares to sacrifice two fowls on the upturned edge of an axe. Beside the tree to the right is a winnowing fan containin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

250. Add Or 3461

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3461
Title:
The Baha festival. Artist(s): Manjoy Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Four Santal women with sprigs of sal-tree blossom in their hair dancing the Baha dance, accompanied by two drummers, the upper with ‘a tumdak’,’ the lower with a ‘tamak.’ Below, to the right a white male figure with long hair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item