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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Lahore (made) Amritsar (made)

Woodcut illustration showing the episode in the Mahabharata in which the Pandava brothers (seated on the left of the scene) gamble away their kingdom and their common wife, Draupadi. Their enemy Dussasana is about to try to undress Draupadi, but the goddess Durga comes to her aid and renders her sari interminably long so that it cannot be unwrapped from her body.

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Categories	Prints Religion Hinduism SCRAN
Object type	Woodcut
Materials and techniques	Woodcut on paper Ink Paper (Fiber Product) Print
Brief description	Sikh woodcut, an illustration to the Mahabharata, the unveiling of Draupadi, from Lahore or Amritsar, about 1870
Physical description	Woodcut illustration showing the episode in the Mahabharata in which the Pandava brothers (seated on the left of the scene) gamble away their kingdom and their common wife, Draupadi. Their enemy Dussasana is about to try to undress Draupadi, but the goddess Durga comes to her aid and renders her sari interminably long so that it cannot be unwrapped from her body.
Credit line	Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex
Object history	This group contains 196 prints, paintings, and pen and pencil drawings from Amritsar, Lahore, Bengal and Bombay. The collection is mainly composed of lithograph pictures sold at the local bazaars and fairs.
Production	Popular Sikh
Subjects depicted	Deities Gambling Brothers Wives Pandava Draupadi Dushasana Durga
Literary reference	The Mahabharata
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.2:140-1917

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Record created	March 27, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O79114/woodcut-unknown/

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