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1. Add Or 3411, Add Or 3823-3825

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Add Or 3411, Add Or 3823-3825
Title:
Add.Or.3411; Add.Or.3823-3825 Scroll painting cut into four sections illustrating the tigers’ god, the Muharram festival and scenes of Santal life. By ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3411; Add.Or.3823-3825 Scroll painting cut into four sections illustrating the tigers’ god, the Muharram festival and scenes of Santal life. By a jadupatua of Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, c.1920. Water-colour; width 305 mm. Collected by the Norwegian missionary ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1919-1921
Extent:
4 items

2. Add Or 3824

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3824
Title:
Two Muslim figures with sword-sticks.
Scope & Content:
Two Muslim figures with sword-sticks and shields indulging in mock fighting at the Muharram festival; a drummer in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3823

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3823
Title:
Two Muslim devotees with pointed beards attending a shrine of a pir.
Scope & Content:
Two Muslim devotees with pointed beards attending the shrine of a ‘pir,’ a lamp burning on the top, flags on either side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 3825

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3825
Title:
Three Santal women with sprigs of sal blossom dancing at the Baha festival.
Scope & Content:
Three Santal women with sprigs of sal blossom dancing at the Baha festival accompaned by a drummer with a ‘tumdak’;’ below a red horse and blue elephant, the symbolic vehicles of the Kisku and Murmu Santal clans.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 Item

5. 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

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