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Gouache on mica with the depiction of a palanquin
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Rectangular, colourless mica disc with ochre-coloured base; above it a fine polychrome picture with balankin. 5 wearers with white clothing with green sash, red coat & blue turban. In the open balankin a man with white clothing & green turban. Golden, tub-shaped balankin with 4 curved feet & sun canopy with fringes as well as a golden dragon-shaped carrying bar (or musical instrument??) rising steeply at the front. The gold achieved by gold leaf applied to the back. Inscription: "6605"; "Mal. 50", later in pencil: "? 6596".

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Object type
paintings (visual works)
Dimensions
Gesamt: Höhe: 10,9 cm; Breite: 14,7 cm
Material/Technique
Rock, pigments
Object genre
Paintings
Items produced for sale (to exogenous and indigenous people)
Means of land transport
Current location
Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus Husum
Inventory number
Mal 50 6605, 6696

Provenance and sources

when
2nd half of the 19th century
where
India probably Benares

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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