Hanging

29-96-70

From: India | Hyderabad

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Pichhwai
Object Number 29-96-70
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Vaishnavite | Hindu
Provenience India | Hyderabad
Period 19th Century
Date Made Late 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Cotton | Wax | Paste | Mica | Metal
Technique Resist Dyed | Khari | Woven
Iconography Krishna | Shrinathji | Floral | Bird | Snake | Cow | Fish
Description

Ceremonial hanging of painted wax on cotton. Blue cotton painted with Hindu figures in panels and elaborate borders with fish and floral motifs. Hand-drawn resist-dyed cotton with applied adhesive overlaid with roghan mixed with metallic powders (such as ground mica or glitter). Has been patched with paper over it. The paper has stuck to the paint badly.

Length 85 cm
Width 65 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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