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271. Add Or 3414

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3414
Title:
Demons tormenting evil-doers
Scope & Content:
A black demon with pink shirt threatening a man whose wrists have been tied together so that he cannot brush aside a swarm of insects round his mouth; below, another demon sitting and lecturing a man condemned to carry on his head a large weight ‘because he would not feed his parents’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

272. Add Or 3415

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3415
Title:
Demons tormenting evil-doers
Scope & Content:
A black demon threatening with an axe and kicking a man condemned to sit on a chair of nails ‘because he said bad things’. Below, a Santal woman with a pot tied round her neck being kicked on the shoulder by a demon ‘because she stole rice from a pot’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

273. Add Or 3416

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3416
Title:
A man and wife who lived good lives sitting peaceably, together with demons tormenting evil-doers
Scope & Content:
A man and wife who lived good lives sitting peaceably; to the right, a man who ill-treated his maternal uncle’standing with both arms cut off at the elbows. Below, a black demon threatens with a small club a woman condemned to carry a rice-pounder hung round her neck ‘because she stole rice’ an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

274. Add Or 3417

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3417
Title:
An evil doer with his wrists tied. Below, a demon pulling out hair
Scope & Content:
An evil-doer with wrists tied, a second evil-doer being strangled by a demon. Below, to the left, a demon pulling out hair, to the right, a second demon stringing up an evil-doer and suspending him head downwards. Note: Crimes or offences in the above unspecified. Remaining glosses supplied b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

275. Add Or 3418

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3418
Title:
Part of a scroll painting illustrating Death's kingdom. Artist(s): Malik Chitrakar (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
Part of a scroll painting illustrating Death’s kingdom. By Malik Citrakar, village Bora, Banskuli circle, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, c.1920 Inscribed in Bengali characters: ‘sri pranesvara’ [citra]’kar malik’ (The revered God of Death. (By) Malik [Citra]kar) Water-co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

276. Add Or 3419

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3419
Title:
Scroll painting illustrating the Baha festival. - two majestic figures with a small female
Scope & Content:
Two majestic figures standing on either side of a short female figure; the left figure with blue face and chest, the right figure with white face and chest; both figures with upraised stump-like arms ending in knobs. Yellow aurioles. Note: Modelled on the Puri Jagannatha trio but signifying to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

277. Add Or 3419-3423, Add Or 3826

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3419-3423, Add Or 3826
Title:
Add.Or.3419-3423; Add.Or.3826 Scroll painting in six sections illustrating the Baha festival. By a jadupatua of village Bora, Banskuli circle, Dumka s ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3419-3423; Add.Or.3826 Scroll painting in six sections illustrating the Baha festival. By a jadupatua of village Bora, Banskuli circle, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas, Bihar, c.1930. Water-colour; width 195 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1945. Purchased 1974.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1929-1931
Extent:
6 items

278. Add Or 3420

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3420
Title:
Scroll painting of the Baha festival. - villagers on their way to the sacred grove
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Four villagers, including the ‘naeke’ (priest) and ‘kudam naeke’ (field priest), carrying a dagger, winnowing fan, pot and a basket, on their way to the sacred grove. Below, the priest kneeling under a tree beside an up-fumed battle-axe and holding a chicken about to be sacr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

279. Add Or 3421

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3421
Title:
Scroll painting of the Baha festival. - returning from the grove
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. The party returning from the grove. The ‘naeke’ (priest) carrying a spray of sal tree blossom in his right hand and a winnowing fan under his right arm followed by two villagers, one with a basket, the other with a pot. A Santal girl, a spray of sal tree blossom in her hair...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

280. Add Or 3422

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3422
Title:
Scroll painting of the Baha festival.- killing the bullock and python
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Killing a bullock and python. Above a bullock is led to a tree, a Santal holding its tail and two other Santals standing before it, with upraised battle-axes. Below, a python, its head in a cleft tree trunk, is about to be slaughtered by three men who stand in a row with ra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item