painting

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Object Type
Museum number: 1989,1020,0.2.1
Description: Gouache painting on mica of a group of four women pounding grain and winnowing. Two of the women hold sticks which they are pounding into a container – one raises her stick whilst the other beats it into the container. Another woman sits under a canopy next to a white washed building. She holds a basket in her hands and appears to be winnowing grain from one pile to another. The fourth woman is shown walking towards the two women pounding grain, and carries a basket at her left hip. Her sari is spread so that it covers the contents in the basket. All four of the women are dressed in saris without blouses. The ground is indicated by a band of tan coloured paint with tuffs of grass in the foreground.
School/style
Production date: 19thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Patna (?)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 12.70 centimetres; Width: 8.60 centimetres
Curator's comments: This painting comes from a collection of sixteen mica paintings (1989,1020,0.2.1-16) purchased by the museum in 1989. The collection is made up of paintings taken from various different sets of mica paintings showing trades and occupations and transportation. Such sets were mass produced from the mid 18th century to the mid 19th century mainly for the European market in India.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: basket/basketry; domestic building; trade/occupation
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1989
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1989,1020,0.2.1

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