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111. Add Or 3351

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3351
Title:
The musk-rat raja holding court among his subjects, with a tame cat being taunted
Scope & Content:
The musk-rat raja holding court. A musk-rat sits on a throne, holding a hookah, a pennant above him. Below him, another musk-rat, also holding a pennant, rides on a tame cat. Two other musk-rats appear to taunt the cat. Note: Illustration of a proverb perhaps on the lines of ‘the tables turn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

112. Add Or 3374

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3374
Title:
Muhammad's horse Dudul.. Artist(s): Kanai Lal Ghosh (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
The Prophet Muhammad’s horse, Duldul.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 Item

113. 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

114. Add Or 3402

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3402
Title:
A white monkey with blue mouth, hands, feet and tip of tail. Artist(s): Girish Jadupatua (c.1930)
Scope & Content:
A white monkey with blue mouth, hands, feet and tip of tail, its skin covered with small black spots. It wears a pink scarf and addresses a large stork-like bird with white neck and bluish-pink plumage. Below, a male figure with yellow skin and pink scarf, attended by a fan-bearer with dark br...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

115. Add Or 3407

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3407
Title:
A white monkey with a black mouth, feet, and paws, addressing a large stork-like bird with a brown neck.
Scope & Content:
A white monkey with black mouth, feet and paws, its skin spotted with black dots, holding a fruit and addressing a large stork-like bird with brown neck, black body and brown and white plumage. Below, a brown Santal-like figure in striped drawers holding out a brown bag or basket and addressing...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

116. 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

117. 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

118. 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

119. 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

120. 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

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