Model

Figurine

29-130-114

From: Krishnagar | Bengal

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-130-114
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Krishnagar | Bengal
Date Made 19th Century - 1904
Section Asian
Materials Clay | Wood | Pigment
Technique Painted
Iconography Rice Grinding
Description

Painted clay and wood figurine model. Rice grinding. Two women on a tread mill and a third woman crouched at the mill. 29-130-112 to 29-130-130 is a group of small models showing Indian industries and customs. Made by Chandra Bhusun Paul, Krishnagar, Nadia, Bengal, India.

Height 15.9 cm
Width 25.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number O 502 - Sommerville Oriental Number

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