Painting, ritual
- Museum number:
- 9-11368
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090011368
- Alternate number:
- 203 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Description:
- painting, ritual; ink, paint, paper; represents Krishna, gopis, and birds;; 76 cm. Length; 56 cm. Width
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- Madhubani, Bihar, India
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India, Bihar, Madubani
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collector:
- Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
- Collection date:
- December 1969
- Materials:
- Paper (fiber product) (figures inked on paper, painted with watercolors)
- Person depicted:
- Krishna (Hindu deity)
- 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:
- For ritual use; originally painted on the walls during weddings, festivals, etc. On the back of the painting is the name of the artist. Made by women, mainly.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- length 76 centimeters and width 56 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-