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DepartmentAsia

Dowry

NameScroll Painting
Maker Shambhu Chitrakar
CultureBengali
DateCirca 2002
Place madeWest Bengal, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA
MediumPaper, natural pigments
DimensionsOverall: 108 11/16 x 10 7/8 in. (276 x 27.7 cm)
Credit LineIFAF
Object numberFA.2002.34.63
DescriptionScroll sewn to pieces of ragged brown cloth at end, which is tied to sticks. Four sections with nine scenes depicted. Top scene: woman in green robe stands between two men in red. Scene six; two red cars, one beside river, other in river.
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