Government of India
Male Figure
Keywords: Sculpture
Wooden Sculpture
Publisher: National Museum, New Delhi
Description: The wooden sculpture is representing a woman with the upper garment showing as the lady wearing a full-sleeved over jacket with an inner tribal costume of black band cloth till the ankle. Over it, the woman is also wearing a skin colour belt and she is observed processing light purple cloth from her waist till her knees. She is also having a purple necklace around her neck. These kinds of objects are important for export of the tribal handicrafts and might possess some clan belief to it. The object is also implied from a particular clan or a tribe representing its art.
Type: Anthropology
Received From: National Museum, New Delhi
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Arunachal Pradesh, India |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 20th Century |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-07T11:47:03Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-07T11:47:03Z |
| dc.description | The wooden sculpture is representing a woman with the upper garment showing as the lady wearing a full-sleeved over jacket with an inner tribal costume of black band cloth till the ankle. Over it, the woman is also wearing a skin colour belt and she is observed processing light purple cloth from her waist till her knees. She is also having a purple necklace around her neck. These kinds of objects are important for export of the tribal handicrafts and might possess some clan belief to it. The object is also implied from a particular clan or a tribe representing its art. |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Museum, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Sculpture Wooden Sculpture |
| dc.type | Anthropology |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | 64.738 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Wood |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Arunachal Pradesh, India |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 20th Century |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-07T11:47:03Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-07T11:47:03Z |
| dc.description | The wooden sculpture is representing a woman with the upper garment showing as the lady wearing a full-sleeved over jacket with an inner tribal costume of black band cloth till the ankle. Over it, the woman is also wearing a skin colour belt and she is observed processing light purple cloth from her waist till her knees. She is also having a purple necklace around her neck. These kinds of objects are important for export of the tribal handicrafts and might possess some clan belief to it. The object is also implied from a particular clan or a tribe representing its art. |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Museum, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Sculpture Wooden Sculpture |
| dc.type | Anthropology |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | 64.738 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Wood |
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