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cloth

human history
  • Other Name

    pabuji-ki-phard

  • Description

    bard cloth, gouache on cloth, block printed in many colours, Pabuji-ki Phard, 'the main figures in the painting are Pabuji with his four ministers and the black mare. parallel episodes from deeds of the gods are incorporated in the painting' from 'Unknown India; ritual art in tribe and village', cloth would have been used by a story teller who would set it up in the open and recite, dance and mime the story

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1974.154
  • Accession Date
    01 Nov 1974
  • Other Id

    46664 (ethnology)

    1 (Dunningham)

  • Department

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