Scroll Painting
1900-1949 (made)
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Scroll painting, watercolour on paper, with a cloth support, consisting of eleven panels. The dominant colours are pale turquoise, pink, yellow and brown. The panels represent:
1. Two majestic figures with upraised arms, flanking a female figure (representing the Jagannath trio of Puri painting),
2. Large bird and monkey (Garuda and Hanuman),
3. two supplicant figures and a four-headed deity mounted on a goose,
4. Four male figures with right arms raised
5. Four male figures bearing vessels,
6. Sacrifice of a bird beside a tree,
7. Three men carrying vessels,
8. Two drummers and four women dancing,
9. Sacrifice of a calf,
10. A python hunt,
11. A large recumbent man and smaller figures feasting.
1. Two majestic figures with upraised arms, flanking a female figure (representing the Jagannath trio of Puri painting),
2. Large bird and monkey (Garuda and Hanuman),
3. two supplicant figures and a four-headed deity mounted on a goose,
4. Four male figures with right arms raised
5. Four male figures bearing vessels,
6. Sacrifice of a bird beside a tree,
7. Three men carrying vessels,
8. Two drummers and four women dancing,
9. Sacrifice of a calf,
10. A python hunt,
11. A large recumbent man and smaller figures feasting.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in watercolour on paper, with cloth support |
| Brief description | Scroll painting, figures and animals, watercolour on paper with cloth support, Santhal, 20th century, collected 1940s |
| Physical description | Scroll painting, watercolour on paper, with a cloth support, consisting of eleven panels. The dominant colours are pale turquoise, pink, yellow and brown. The panels represent: 1. Two majestic figures with upraised arms, flanking a female figure (representing the Jagannath trio of Puri painting), 2. Large bird and monkey (Garuda and Hanuman), 3. two supplicant figures and a four-headed deity mounted on a goose, 4. Four male figures with right arms raised 5. Four male figures bearing vessels, 6. Sacrifice of a bird beside a tree, 7. Three men carrying vessels, 8. Two drummers and four women dancing, 9. Sacrifice of a calf, 10. A python hunt, 11. A large recumbent man and smaller figures feasting. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. John C. Irwin, 1978. |
| Object history | The scroll was originally collected by W.G. Archer. The Museum received the scroll as a gift from John C. Irwin in 1978. |
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| Accession number | IS.24-1978 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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