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Kali puja

Painting
ca.1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Worshippers are shown before an image of Kali trampling on Shiva, and a goat is about to be sacrificed.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKali puja (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on mica
Brief description
Paintings; gouache on mica, Worshippers are shown before an image of Kali trampling on Shiva, and a goat is about to be sacrificed, Patna, ca.1860
Physical description
Worshippers are shown before an image of Kali trampling on Shiva, and a goat is about to be sacrificed.
Dimensions
  • Length: 18.5cm
  • Width: 23cm
Style
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum, 1879.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992, 202 p ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
4658(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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