05.02.2012
SANTHAL PARGANAS PEOPLE CARVED WOODEN PANELS OF THE WEDDING (LITTERS) PALKEE
SANTAL PARGANAS PEOPLE CARVED WOODEN PANELS OF THE WEDDING (LITTERS) PALKEE
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OF
A.M.
COLLECTION
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"... WHEN A SANTAL CRAFSMAN BEGINS HIS WORK ON THE LITTER, A PAIR OF PIGEONS IS SACRIFICED .....WHEN THE LITTER IS COMPLETED AND ITS OWENER TAKEN POSSESSION TWO MORE PIGEONS ARE PART OF ANOTHER SACRIFICE ... THE ACTIVITY OF CARVING IS PART OF THE MARRIAGE RITE, AS IS THE PROCESSION OF THE MARRIAGE LITTER..."
Unknown India: Ritual Art in Tribe and Village, Stella Kramrisch,
Philadelphia 1968
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About the exhibition :
" Palkee: Wedding Conveyances of North India"
at
the
Crocker Art Museum of Sacramento
( 216 O Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 USA )
more information on
http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/exhibitions/exhib_pages/P...
The carved style of the 'heads' of the male figure in this panel it's similar with the one of a palkee's mobile figure


MORE ABOUT THE SANTHAL PARGANAS
CARVED PANELS ON
http://ethnoflorence.skynetblogs.be/archive/2009/06/30/santal-parganas-people-carved-wodden-panels-of-the-wedding-l.html

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