DepartmentAsia
The History of Patuas #2
NameScroll painting
Maker
Gurupada Chitrakar
CultureBengali
DateCirca 2003
Place madeWest Bengal, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA
MediumPaper, natural pigments
DimensionsOverall: 109 13/16 x 22 1/16 in. (279 x 56 cm)
Credit LineInternational Folk Art Foundation Purchase
Object numberFA.2003.14.4
DescriptionFour sections sewn together, seven scenes depicted. Brown-skinned giant with fangs, wearing blue shorts, is seated in scene 1; scene 3: giants holds bloodied child; scene 7: images of giant or just is head.
