Painting
- Museum number:
- 9-11426
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090011426
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Description:
- painting on heavy cloth; cloth, multicolored paints, mainly red, brown, yellow; depict the heroic exploits of the Rajasthani folk-hero and popular deity, 'Pabuji' (for details see acc. envelope); 9 m., 88 cm. l.; 140 cm. w.
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- Rajasthan, India
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India, Rajasthan, Shahpura
- Collector:
- Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
- Collection date:
- 1969-1970
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile), Pigment, and Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Paintings (visual works)
- Function:
- 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
- Accession date:
- November 11, 1970
- Context of use:
- used to recount the story of the hero Pabuji; has religious significance, i.e., often the 'phard' (scroll) is narrated to purify households or to help a child recover from illness; 'Pabuji' is considered primarily a household deity; for other uses consult acc. envelope; story is narrated by 'bhopas', Rajasthani religious specialists who in addition to narrating 'phards' also have divining functions, etc. Made by 'Joshi' painters.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- length 988 centimeters and width 140 centimeters
- Comment:
- Made by 'Joshi' painters
- Images:
- Legacy documentation: