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Scroll Painting

ca. 1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Chitrakar, Amanda (maker)
Place of origin
Santhal (made)

Scroll painting, watercolour on paper, with a cloth support, comprising three panels, representing notional Santal clan occupations, as follows:
1. A Santal Chief on horseback, hunting,
2. A dog chasing a deer, and three standing men,
3. A priest (probably) and companion on an elephant.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Folk Art
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Scroll painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in watercolour on paper, with cloth support
Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Cloth
Painted
Brief description
Scroll painting, Santal chief, priest, by Amanda Chitrakar, watercolour on paper with cloth support, Santhal, ca. 1920
Physical description
Scroll painting, watercolour on paper, with a cloth support, comprising three panels, representing notional Santal clan occupations, as follows:
1. A Santal Chief on horseback, hunting,
2. A dog chasing a deer, and three standing men,
3. A priest (probably) and companion on an elephant.
Dimensions
  • Total length length: 126.5cm
  • Total width width: 39cm
  • Painting length: 94.5cm
  • Painting width: 21.5cm
1978 dimensions are from the accession register.
Style
Contemporary Tribal Art
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.
Production
This Santal scroll painting comes under the folk scroll category described as 'Jadupata' (magic scroll). The artist Aminda Chitrakar came from village Kusunghata, Sapchala circle, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar.
Subjects depicted
Ruler
Equestrian
Horse
Dog
Deer
Priest
Elephant
Bibliographic references
  • Mildred Archer: Indian Popular Painting, pp. 31-32, 46-47, 50, 57-59, 62-63. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1977 ISBN 0 11 580184 7
  • Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.43
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.31-1978

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Record createdOctober 15, 2003
Record URL
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