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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 3536-3540, Add Or 3827

1. Add Or 3536

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3536
Title:
Santal creation myth.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
A three-headed four-armed figure standing beside a goose-like bird, approached by a royal figure with long scarf attended by a servant who holds a fan above him. Below, two birds and a crab-like creature. At the bottom to the right four Santal girls, to the left, three Santal boys. Reproduced...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 3536-3540, Add Or 3827

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Add Or 3536-3540, Add Or 3827
Title:
Add.Or.3536-3540; Add.Or.3827 Scroll painting cut into six sections illustrating the Baha festival and the Santal creation story. By Madhu Citrakar of ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3536-3540; Add.Or.3827 Scroll painting cut into six sections illustrating the Baha festival and the Santal creation story. By Madhu Citrakar of village Pipla, Gaichand circle, p.s. Jamtara, Jamtara sub-division, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, c.1930. Water-colour; width 233 mm. Coll...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1929-1931
Extent:
6 items

3. Add Or 3537

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3537
Title:
The Baha festival. - chicken sacrifice. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. The priest assisted by two other Santals proceeding to the sacred grove. Below, presenting a chicken with some rice before sacrificing it. To the lower left, a Santal blowing a buffalo horn. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.58.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3538

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3538
Title:
The Baha festival - dancing. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Four Santal women with sprigs of sal-tree blossom in their hair dancing, accompanied by one boy with a ‘tumdak’’ and by another with a stick and ‘tamak.’ Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.59.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3539

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3539
Title:
The Baha festival - bullock (cow?) sacrifice. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. A Santal holding the tail of a cow while a second Santal prepares to fell it with the butt-end of an axe. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.60.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 3540

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3540
Title:
The Baha festival - python and beer. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
The Baha festival. Three Santals each with a knife holding a python, prior to killing it. Below, a further three making rice-beer, one Santal lying drunk on the ground. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.61.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 3827

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3827
Title:
Three majestic figures. Below a black and white monkey addressing a stork-like bird.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Three majestic figures with white, yellow and blue faces, their heads surmounted by towering head-dresses, the central figure with a skirt, the others with legs apart. Below a black and white monkey with large head addressing a stork-like bird with red beak and legs. Reproduced: M. Archer (197...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

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