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361. Add Or 3491

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Add Or 3491
Title:
Krishna stealing the milkmaids clothes.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna stealing the milkmaids’ clothes. Seven nude girls stand in water, the arms of five of them upraised. Above them Krishna sits on the branch of a tree, playing the flute, the milkmaids’ clothes hanging on the branches.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

362. Add Or 3492

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Add Or 3492
Title:
Two majestic figures, with large heads, standing on either side of a female figure.. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
Two majestic figures, with large heads, their legs apart and swathed in yellow dhotis, standing on either side of a female figure in blue blouse and red sari and veil; the left figure with white face and chest; the right figure with blue face and chest; both with rudimentary stump-like arms risi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

363. Add Or 3492-3498

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Add Or 3492-3498
Title:
Add.Or.3492-3498 Scroll painting cut into seven sections depicting the Baha festival, the tigers’ god and Death’s kingdom. By Malindra Citrakar, villa ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3492-3498 Scroll painting cut into seven sections depicting the Baha festival, the tigers’ god and Death’s kingdom. By Malindra Citrakar, village Bora, Banskuli circle, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, c.1940. Water-colour; width 280 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 19...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1939-1941
Extent:
7 items

364. Add Or 3493

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Add Or 3493
Title:
A four-headed figure seated on a stool , a small duck-like bird beneath him; a figure supplicating with an attendant standing behind. Below, 18 bleeding heads. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
A four-headed figure with red skin and yellow dhoti, seated on a high, wide stool, a small duck-like bird beneath him; to the left, a figure with cap and scarf supplicating before him, an attendant standing behind. Below, two rows of nine severed heads with ribbon-like streams of blood flowing ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

365. Add Or 3494

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Add Or 3494
Title:
The Baha festival - procession. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. The priest with three Santal villagers, carrying an axe, winnowing fan, buffalo horn and baskets, proceeding to the sacred grove. Below a tree, beside which the priest offers a chicken for sacrifice, his assistant standing behind him, to the left, a Santal is ‘possessed’ by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

366. Add Or 3495

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Add Or 3495
Title:
The Baha festival - return. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. A Santal woman washing the feet of the priest after his return from the grove; the priest has his foot on a wooden stool and holds a sprig of sal-tree blossom and a winnowing fan. Behind him a Santal villager with a pot on his shoulder. To the left a third villager. Below,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

367. Add Or 3496

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Add Or 3496
Title:
The Baha festival - bullock and python. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. A white bullock with blue spots, its tall held by a Santal. To the left, a Santal about to fell it with the butt-end of an axe. Below, a python with its head in the cleft of a tree, three Santals guiding it, the leader about to behead it with a knife. At the bottom, a squa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

368. Add Or 3497

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Add Or 3497
Title:
The Baha festival - scene from Death's kingdom. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
A scene from Death’s kingdom. A blue demon holding a sinner with a rope round his neck. Behind him, a Santal carrying on his head a red-rimmed bowl. To the left, a Santal moving off. Below, a bounding ‘tiger’, brown with blue whiskers, claws and circular spots and with red tongue. Note: The...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

369. Add Or 3498

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3498
Title:
A tower-like structure with three struts on either side, two worshippers or guardians beside it.. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
A tower-like structure with three struts on either side, two worshippers or guardians beside it. Below, a drummer and two figures with sword sticks. Note: The structure is perhaps a ‘pir’s’ tomb and the fighters performers at a festival in his honour. It is significant however that none of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

370. Add Or 3499

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Add Or 3499
Title:
Sudhan, Krishna , Balarama and Sridam; below five cows.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A row of four figures: Sudhan, a cowherd associate of Krishna, Balarama (Krishna’s foster-brother), Krishna holding up a flute, and Sridam (another cowherd associate); below five cows. Note: Names of associates supplied by the artist.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item