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Drawing

ca. 1886 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing, ink and pencil on paper, sketch to illustrate casting of an anklet in Rajasthan. This sketch illustrates the melting of the wax.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn in ink and pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing, anklet-casting, ink on paper, Rajasthan, ca. 1886
Physical description
Drawing, ink and pencil on paper, sketch to illustrate casting of an anklet in Rajasthan. This sketch illustrates the melting of the wax.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.2cm
  • Width: 2.17cm
1996 dimensions are from the accession register.
Content description
Casting of an anklet in Rajasthan.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No. 1/ a. The vessel in which the wax and ral/ are melted. b. vessel containing cold water into which the mixture is dropped.- (Written in red ink at top left, and beneath sketch. )
  • (Written in Hindi in top left hand corner, by the artist. )
    Translation
    'the was heats up'
    Transliteration
    'mom pakatahe'
Credit line
Given by Col. T. H. Hendley.
Object history
The sketches IS.24 to 30-1996 are accompanied by four sheets of writing paper containing notes in Hendley's (who commissioned the sketches) hand on the subject. Rp 96/1423.
Production
Commissioned by Thomas Holbein Hendley.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
IS.24-1996

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Record createdDecember 1, 2005
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