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261. Add Or 3472

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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

262. Add Or 3473

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3473
Title:
Hor Raja mounted on a brown horse.. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
Hor Raja (chief of the Santal tribe) mounted on a brown horse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 Item

263. Add Or 3474

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3474
Title:
Two Soren Sepoys. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
Two Soren sepoys (members of the soldier clan) marching in brown caps, blue and green tunics and black shoes and holding in their hands long black muskets. Below a spotted deer chased by a dog.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 Item

264. Add Or 3475

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3475
Title:
A Murmu mounted in state on a blue elephant. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
Scope & Content:
A Murmu (priest clan) mounted in state on a blue elephant, a mahout with goad seated beside him.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 Item

265. Add Or 3476

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3476
Title:
The baby Krishna sitting on Jasoda's lap with another milkmaid.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The baby Krishna sitting on Jasoda’s lap with another milkmaid (perhaps Rohini) seated opposite; both women are seated on high elaborately turned stools from which their legs dangle.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

266. Add Or 3477

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3477
Title:
Krishna dancing before a seated milkmaid.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna dancing before a seated milkmaid; below, Krishna with blue face and Balarama with yellow face dancing before a milkmaid who stands beside them. In both cases, the dancers hold short sticks above their heads.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

267. Add Or 3478

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3478
Title:
Balarama, Krishna and a cowherd standing in a row.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Balarama, Krishna and a cowherd standing in a row, each holding a short stick; the cowherd raising an honorific unibrella over Krishna. Below, four cows - yellow, blue, white and green.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

268. Add Or 3479

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3479
Title:
Krishna seated on a stool accosting three milkmaids with pots of curd on their heads.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna seated on a stool accosting three milkmaids with pots of curd on their heads. Below, Krishna ferrying two of them across the river Jumna in a boat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

269. Add Or 3480

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3480
Title:
Krishna carrying two pots of curd slung form a yoke, on either side of him a milkmaid with pots of curd on her head.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna carrying two pots of curd slung from a yoke, on either side of him a milkmaid with a pot of curds on her head. Below, two milkmaids complaining to Krishna about being teased.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

270. Add Or 3481

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3481
Title:
Krishna playing his flute with Radha caressing him.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing on his flute with Radha caressing him, to the left a milkmaid fanning him with a hand punkah, to the right, another milkmaid fanning him, a third milkmaid with a fly-whisk. Below, the circular dance in the form of a wheel with eight spokes, four containing milkmaids, every other...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item