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HEAD OF HANUMAN -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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KARNATAKA
19TH CENTURY
Brass
10 in (25.5 cm) high

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Property of an Important Collector, South India

Hanuman is revered as Sankat Mochan, remover of problems. Figures such as these are popularly referred to as demon scarers. They were used in processions to ward off evil.

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RITUAL MASKS -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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HIMACHAL PRADESH
20TH CENTURY

a) Wood
16.25 in (41.3 cm) high

b) Wood
15.75 in (40.3 cm) high

c) Wood with traces of paint
14.75 in (37.7 cm) high

d) Wood with traces of paint
11.75 in (30 cm) high

(Set of four)

PROVENANCE
Property of an Important Collector, Mumbai

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JIVYA SOMA MASHE (B.1934) -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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MAHARASHTRA
20TH CENTURY
Fabric paint on cloth
32.5 x 37.25 in (80.8 x 98.8 cm)

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KRISHNANAND JHA (B.1938) -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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BIHAR
20TH CENTURY
Signed in Devnagari (lower right)
Pen and ink on paper
30 x 22 in (76.5 x 56.4 cm)

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KRISHNANAND JHA (B.1938) -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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BIHAR
20TH CENTURY

a) Jaya
Signed 'Krishnanand Jha' (lower left), inscribed title in Devnagari (lower centre)
Pen and ink on paper pasted on board
29.5 x 21.5 in (75.1 x 55.1 cm)

b) Muladhar Chaturdal Shakini
Signed 'Krishnanand Jha' (lower left), inscribed title in Devnagari (lower centre)
Pen and ink on paper pasted on board ...

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JAIDEV BAGHEL (1949-2014) -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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CHHATTISGARH
2009
Inscribed and dated 'Baghel 2009' (on the reverse of Shiva); inscribed 'Baghel' (on the reverse of left ear of Nandi) and dated '2009' (on the reverse of right ear of Nandi)
Bronze
36.25 in (92.3 cm) high

This sculpture represents Shiva on Nandi with elongated torso and limbs in a highly stylized manner, which is a characteristic feature of...

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HORSE AND RIDER -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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KARNATAKA/KERALA
20TH CENTURY
Wood

67.5 in (171.5 cm) wide

PROVENANCE
Property of an Important Collector, Mumbai

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GROUP OF RIDERS -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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CHHATTISGARH/ODISHA
20TH CENTURY

a) Bronze
6.75 in (17.3 cm) high

b) Bronze
6.75 in (17.5 cm) high

c) Bronze
7.25 in (18.5 cm) high

(Set of three)

PROVENANCE
Property of an Important Collector

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ELEPHANT WITH RIDERS -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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KARNATAKA
20TH CENTURY
Brass
27.25 in (69.4 cm) high

This artefact was probably made as a toy for a rich or royal patron. Figures such as these may also have been placed at altars.

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MAISANDAYA -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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KARNATAKA/KERALA
19TH CENTURY
Enamel paint on wood
45.5 in (115.6 cm) wide

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In the bhuta tradition, Maisandaya is a deity in the form of a bull, who is indigenous to the Tulu regions of Karnataka and Kerala. He is frequently worshipped by agrarian communities. Maisandaya's four legs represent purity,...

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NANDI WTH DECORATED HORNS -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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MAHARASHTRA/KARNATAKA
19TH CENTURY
Brass
12 in (30.5 cm) high

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MAISANDAYA BULL MASK -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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KARNATAKA/KERALA
18/19TH CENTURY
Bronze
15.25 in (39 cm) high

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MAISANDAYA OR NANDIKONA BULL MASK -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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KARNATAKA/KERALA
20TH CENTURY
Bronze
23.25 in (59.2 cm) high

Maisandaya or Nandikona, represents the power and spirit of the earth and is significant in agrarian communities.

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NANDI UNDER SNAKE HOOD -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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MAHARASHTRA/KARNATAKA
20TH CENTURY
Brass
9.5 in (24.4 cm) high

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PRABHAVALI -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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KARNATAKA
18/19TH CENTURY
Bronze
34 in (86.8 cm) high

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A prabhavali forms the back of a statue and is the radiating halo that signifies divinity.

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BHAIRAVA -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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MAHARASHTRA/KARNATAKA
18/19TH CENTURY
Brass
29.5 in (75 cm) high

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This unusually large and powerful Bhairava is shown holding a drum, trident, begging bowl and sword. To his left is his consort Gauri and to his right is a serpent. The sun and the moon are depicted on the stele.

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SHIVA WITH COBRA HOOD -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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KARNATAKA
18/19TH CENTURY
Bronze
14.25 in (36.2 cm) high

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The five-headed Cobra represents the five elements and sits atop a Maratha turban. The Maratha Empire extended over much of the southwestern subcontinent in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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MASK OF SHIVA -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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KARNATAKA/ANDHRA PRADESH
18/19TH CENTURY
Bronze
15.5 in (39 cm) high

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In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Shiva manifests as Mallana, the deity of shepherds, represented by this mask.

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GAURI -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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MAHARASHTRA
19TH CENTURY
Brass
9.75 in (25 cm)

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GAURI/DURGA -    - Living Traditions: Folk & Tribal Art
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HIMACHAL PRADESH
18/19TH CENTURY
Copper Repousse
14.5 in (36.7 cm) high

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Gauri is depicted as a tree spirit with a wreath of leaves around her head. Such iconography harks back to Salabhanjika, a woman grasping the branches of a Sala tree, as seen in early Indian sculpture

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