Sculpture
Sculpture
Early 1980s (made)
Early 1980s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Sculpture depicting Jalengin Mata Devi on a Lion/tiger
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Sculpture (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Cast bell metal (cire perdue). |
| Brief description | Jalengin Mat Devi on Lion/Tiger, cast bell metal, Madhya Pradesh, early 1980s. |
| Physical description | Sculpture depicting Jalengin Mata Devi on a Lion/tiger |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Made by Jaider Baghel, one of the craftsmen brought from India to The Living Arts Exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery for the Festival of India, 1982. In the Bastar tribal area of Madhya Pradesh art and craft are part of their life, and practising the traditional dhokra (lost wax) art for many centuries. Bought from the Serpentine Gallery |
| Production | Bastar, Madhya Pradesh, Central India. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | The Arts Council : The Living Arts of India Craftsmen at work. !982. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.5-1983 |
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| Record created | July 4, 2002 |
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