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Add Or 3541
- Record Id:
- 040-003279704
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003279703
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002783
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3541
- Title:
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Sengel bonga approached by Indra Dama Raja to kill his 18 sons; 18 severed heads. Artist(s): Sitanath Chitrakar (fl. c.1935)
- Scope & Content:
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Torn at the top. Below, a massive figure its right foot resting on its left knee, four-headed (three heads detached, one head on the body), approached by a suppliant. On the left side and at the bottom, a row of eighteen severed heads.
Note: Sengel bonga approached by Indra Daman Raja (leader of the Santal tribe) with the plea to kill his eighteen sons because he has no means of feeding them. The severed heads are those of the sons after their execution.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Archer Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003279703
040-003279704 - Is part of:
- Add Or 3541-3543 : Add.Or.3541-3543 Part of a scroll painting cut into three sections illustrating the Baha festival and the Santal creation story.…
Add Or 3541 : Sengel bonga approached by Indra Dama Raja to kill his 18 sons; 18 severed heads. Artist(s): Sitanath Chitrakar (fl. c.1935) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003279703[0001]/040-003279704
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 3541-3543
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Eastern India style
Jadupatua style - Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1936
- Date Range:
- c 1935
- 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, Sitanath, fl 1935
- Subjects:
- Hindu imagery