Shiva Panchanan
Painting
ca. 1890 (made)
ca. 1890 (made)
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Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Shiva Panchanana (five-headed). He wears a tiger-skin and each of his faces is a different colour.
Object details
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| Title | Shiva Panchanan (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard |
| Brief description | Painting, Shiva Panchanana, watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1890 |
| Physical description | Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Shiva Panchanana (five-headed). He wears a tiger-skin and each of his faces is a different colour. |
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| Content description | Shiva Panchanana (five-headed). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (inscribed in Bengali )
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| Object history | Rawson, Philip S., Hayward Gallery and Arts Council of Great Britain. Tantra. Hayward Gallery, London 30 September-7 November 1971. London, Arts Council of Great Britain, [1971]. p.98 no. 503. |
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| Accession number | IS.268-1961 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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