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Subject Tigers Level [40] File

1. Add Or 577

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 577
Title:
Two Manipur warriors with feathered head-dresses and a dog, attacking a tiger with spears.
Scope & Content:
Two Manipur warriors with feathered head-dresses and a dog, attacking a tiger with spears. Inscribed: ‘Attacking tiger.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 2558

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2558
Title:
A large tiger with red tongue, brown skin and black spots.- Satya Pir.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
A large ‘tiger’ with red tongue, brown skin and black spots mounted by a figure in red jacket, holding a rosary and club. The archway of a shrine above. Note: Identified by the artist as the tigers’god, Satya Pir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 2560

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2560
Title:
A yellow tiger with black spots, whiskers and ear-rings mounted by a small figure in red jacket and blue scarf.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
A large yellow ‘tiger’ with black spots, whiskers and ear-rings mounted by a small figure in red jacket and blue scarf, waving an iron circle and holding a small club. The tassels of a shrine hanging from above.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 2941

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2941
Title:
A tiger fighting with a bull
Scope & Content:
A tiger fighting with a bull. 108 by 150 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3379

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3379
Title:
A large tiger with yellow skin, red tongue and black spots mounted by a Muslim figure.. Artist(s): Babulal and Surendra Chitrakar (fl. 1930)
Scope & Content:
A large ‘tiger’ with yellow skin, red tongue and black spots mounted by a Muslim figure, bareheaded, holding a rosary and club. Below, three Muslim worshippers standing before a conical structure, two of them pulling both ends of a scarf round their necks. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.70. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3411

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3411
Title:
A large pale brown tiger with black spots and stripes mounted by a bearded Muslim figure holding a club.
Scope & Content:
A large pale brown tiger with black spots and stripes, red tongue, long claws and whiskers mounted by a bearded Muslim figure holding a small club. Above an orange alcove with three conical structures enclosed by a cusped black arch. Note: The structures may represent the ‘pir’s’ shrine.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 3442

Reference (shelfmark):
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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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