PARULIA CHHAU of West Bengal Indian Museum 27, Jawaharal Nehru Road Kolkata Himalayan masks Allan Stone collection Rago tribal arts auction

ETHNOFLORENCE

INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN FOLK

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Odisha Indian Folk Tribe Ceremonial masks Ethnoflorence Archives Collection Scheda no 42 & 43

TRIBAL ARTS

2008 2018

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UPCOMING AUCTIONS

RAGO

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TRIBAL ART

from the Collection

of the

Allan Stone

and other Owners

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018

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PRESENTS

an interesting group of Nepalese masks

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EASTERN ZONAL CULTURAL CENTRE

MINISTRY OF CULTURE

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

presents

PARULIA CHHAU

of

West Bengal

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Venue

Indian Museum

27, Jawaharal Nehru Road

Kolkata

13th October, 2018

4 pm

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Folk Crafts of West Bengal 

Chho Masks of Chorida

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Chorida at the foot of the Ayodhya hills of Purulia district in West Bengal is home to many families of Chho mask-makers.

Master artist, Nepal Chandra Sutradhar demonstrates the initial stage of making the masks used in the famed Purulia Chho dance – creating the papier mache mask.

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Folk Dances of West Bengal

Purulia Chho

An excerpt from a Chho performance of the popular Mahishashur Mardini (Slaying of Mahishashur) at master craftsman, Nepal Sutradhar’s home in Chorida village, Baghmundi, Purulia.

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IGRMS BHOPAL Picture of the open air & indoor exhibition permanent collection Masks & Dodhro Banam

ETHNOFLORENCE

INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS

2008-2016

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Mask of Kinnouri Kinnor (Himachal Pradesh)

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IGRMS BHOPAL

Picture of the Open Air & Indoor Exhibition

permanent Collection

Masks & Dodhro Banam

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Photo courtesy of David Van der Elst

 Bhopal – India

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David Van der Elst

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A collection of Masks from Rajbansi people, West Bengal and and other ethnic groups

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Chhau Masks, West Bengal

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A collection of Masks from folk communities of Purulla, West Bengal

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CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL PAINTINGS FROM INDIA

DAVID VAN DER ELST

COLLECTION AND EXPERIENCES

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VISIT THE WEB SITE 

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INDIAN MUSEUM KOLKATA MASK GALLERY INAUGURATION 2016 & PRESS CLIPPINGS

ETHNOFLORENCE

INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS

2008 – 2016

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INDIAN MUSEUM KOLKATA

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Indian Museum Kolakata – Mask Gallery –

MASK GALLERY

INAUGURATION

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DISTRIBUTION OF MASKS

WEST BENGAL

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Distribution of the Masks in West Bengal – Indian Museum Kolakata – Mask Gallery –

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GAMBHIRA, CHOU, TIBETAN INFLUENCES, GAMIRA or GOMIRA

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EXPOLORING THE MASK GALLERY

The Mask gallery was recently made open to public in 2016, after renovation. It is located on the 4th floor and is accessible through the Textile and Decorative Art gallery. The gallery exhibits various masks from West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Karnataka, and also from Bhutan and New Guinea. terracotta mask of Bakasura from Bihar; chhau mask of Lord Ganesha; Narasimha Satriya mask of Assam

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India and Its Inhabitants by Caleb Wright 1857

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INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS

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AN INTERDISCIPLINARY POINT OF VIEW

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Vintage Postcards and Early Bibliography.

A selected iconography

CATEGORIE 

Search inside the bibliography published in Ethnoflorence 

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India and Its Inhabitants

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The Goddess Kali

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Two Portraits

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Ganesa, Dancing Girl and Musicians

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Portrait Of Juggernaut

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Luckshme, copied from an Ancient Sculpture

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The Cinese Buth – Brahma – Brahma

Skanda or Kartika

Vishnu -Hanuman – Hanuman

Image of Kali – Gange –

The Hindu Serpent God – Colossal Bust of Shiva – Shiva

The Hindu Goddess Durga

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