DepartmentAsia
Santal Creation Myth
NameScroll painting
CultureBengali
DateCirca 1980
Place madeNaya Village, West Bengal, India, South Asia, Asia
MediumPaper, natural pigments, natural adhesives
Dimensions106 11/16 × 14 in. (271 × 35.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Dr. Charles Capwell, A.2013.10.12
Object numberA.2013.10.12
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Dr. Charles Capwell. Collected from the artists themselves in Naya Village, West Bengal. Dr. Capwell is a Professor Emeritus of Music and an Affiliate of the Anthropology Department of the University of IL at Champaign.
DescriptionBorder, yellow ground, pink flowers, green leaves. First panel, three figures standing under three arches. From left, pink ground, figure with white skin, blue scarf, yellow headpiece, yellow loincloth (probably male). Second, green ground, yellow skin, pink dress, pink headpiece (probably female). Third, orange ground, blue skin, green scarf, yellow loincloth, yellow headpiece (probably male). Third panel, two white animals (probably oxen) facing eachother. Under them, a tree with two white birds in the branches.
