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Object Type
Museum number: 1920,0917,0.128
Description: Album leaf. Deity riding elephant composed of female orchestra and acrobatic dancing girls. Painted in gouache on paper.
School/style
Cultures/periods
Production date: 19thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: India
Materials
Technique
Location: Not on display
Subjects: acrobat/street-performer; music; women/feminism; animal; dance; child; deity
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1920
Acquisition notes: Transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books (OMPB). Among a group of paintings (Add 18803 / Or 67a) acquired in the 1800s.
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 1920,0917,0.128

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