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Add Or 753
- Record Id:
- 040-003280125
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280121
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002928
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 753
- Title:
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Floor painting for the Devathan day in Kartik.
- Scope & Content:
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Floor painting for the Devathan day in Kartik (October to November).
Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Superstitious Decoration of Buildings: Panjab. Indian antiquary, Plate IV. H.A. Rose. W. Griggs;’ on back in pencil: ‘Original drawings of Mr H.A. Rose’s Article on Superstitions and Ceremonies regarding the dwellings in the Panjab. In Ind. Ant. Vol. XXXVIII, p.122ff. Presented By Sir R.C. Temple,’ ‘Bart.’
By a village woman of Gurgaon, Haryana, c.1905.
Water-colour; 344 by 420 mm.
Note: Original drawing for pl.III in H.A. Rose’s article. On the Devathan day in Kartik when the gods awake from their sleep, the design is drawn in the courtyard of the house and worshipped by placing before it fruit and vegetables in season. The women of the household call in a Brahmini and with her they sing songs and beat the mat with which the figures are covered, and then, it is believed, the gods are awakened from their sleep. The figure on the right is Narayan.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280121
040-003280125 - Is part of:
- Add Or 750-753 : Add.Or.750-753 Four drawings of designs for auspicious paintings in village houses in Gurgaon (Haryana). By village women of…
Add Or 753 : Floor painting for the Devathan day in Kartik. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280121[0004]/040-003280125
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 750-753
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Gurgaon style
Punjab style - Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1906
- Date Range:
- c 1905
- 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)
- Subjects:
- Hindu divinities