Pata

NameScroll painting

CultureBengali

DateCirca 1980

Place madeNaya Village, West Bengal, India, South Asia, Asia

MediumPaper, natural pigments, natural adhesives

Dimensions130 1/2 × 14 15/16 in. (331.5 × 38 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Dr. Charles Capwell, A.2013.10.9

Object numberA.2013.10.9

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. First panel, three figures. Central figure, (probably male) full beard, yellow skin, green dress and green headpiece. Left figure, (probably male) red dress and red headpiece. Right figure, (probably male) white dress. Top right and left corners of piece are missing. Second panel, five figures. From left, figure in blue dress, blue headpiece and full beard (probably male). Figure with brown skin, long hair, no beard, (probably male). Figure with yellow skin, long hair, no beard, green loincloth (probabaly male). Figure with brown skin, no beard, long hair, white loincloth (probably male). Figure with brown skin, in red dress and red headpiece (probably male).