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Add Or 3379
- Record Id:
- 040-003279481
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003279480
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0026a4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3379
- Title:
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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:
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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.
Note: The tiger was identified by the artists in 1940 as Baghut bonga - the bonga believed by Santals to reside in a tiger; the conical structure as a ‘tulsi’ shrine about to be watered by a worshipper with a pot. The tiger was reidentified in 1945 by Baul Citrakar as the tigers’ god, Satya Pir, and the conical structure below it as a’ jatra pir,’ a shrine on the dancing ground at a fair. Jatras were formerly gatherings of Santal villages for mass dancing, often at fairs connected with Hindu festivals. For the role of fairs in Santal life, see W.G. Archer (1974), 137-38.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Archer Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003279480
040-003279481 - Is part of:
- Add Or 3379-3381 : Add.Or.3379-3381 Scroll painting cut into three sections illustrating the tigers’ god and scenes of Santal life. By Babulal…
Add Or 3379 : A large tiger with yellow skin, red tongue and black spots mounted by a Muslim figure.. Artist(s): Babulal and Surendra Chitrakar… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003279480[0001]/040-003279481
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 3379-3381
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Eastern India style
Jadupatua style - Start Date:
- 1929
- End Date:
- 1931
- Date Range:
- c 1930
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Chitrakar, Babulal, fl 1930
- Subjects:
- Animals
Tigers
mammals