Scroll Painting
1900-1949 (made)
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Scroll painting, watercolour on paper, with a cloth support, in four panels. The panels show:
1. A twin-headed python is killed for the cooking-pot (this panel shows a strong Bengali influence),
2. Three male drummers and five Santal women dancing,
3. A python-hunt by a river, two women preparing food,
4. Three soldiers with rifles and a man clasping the tail of a crimson horse.
1. A twin-headed python is killed for the cooking-pot (this panel shows a strong Bengali influence),
2. Three male drummers and five Santal women dancing,
3. A python-hunt by a river, two women preparing food,
4. Three soldiers with rifles and a man clasping the tail of a crimson horse.
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Materials and techniques | Painted in watercolour on paper, with cloth support |
Brief description | Scroll painting, pythons, soldiers and drummers, watercolour on paper with cloth support, Santhal, 20th century, collected 1940s |
Physical description | Scroll painting, watercolour on paper, with a cloth support, in four panels. The panels show: 1. A twin-headed python is killed for the cooking-pot (this panel shows a strong Bengali influence), 2. Three male drummers and five Santal women dancing, 3. A python-hunt by a river, two women preparing food, 4. Three soldiers with rifles and a man clasping the tail of a crimson horse. |
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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. |
Production | This Santal scroll painting comes under the folk scroll category described as 'Jadupata' (magic scroll). The scroll was painted by two 'Jadupatuas' (magical scroll painters) from Santal Parganas district, Bihar. |
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Accession number | IS.26-1978 |
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Record created | October 17, 2003 |
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