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Title: Phulkari (woman's head covering) with peacock designs
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab
Physical Description: This is a red cloth covered with geometric patterns and abstract forms in the shape of peacocks. The designs and peacocks are multicolored and depicted in a repetitive format with the birds arranged in five columns and nine rows.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1st half of 20th century
Accession Number: 2003/2.57
Medium and Support: white, green, magenta, and indigo silk floss embroidery on madder-dyed cotton
relevance: rank 23.99143

Title: Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills
Physical Description: Rama and Lakshmana sit under a tree with the King of the monkeys, surrounded by monkeys. Some monkeys have taken to flight in the upper corners of the drawing. With a few deft strokes the artist conveys the swiftly changing emotions of the moment, as the monkeys respond with astonishment, empathy, and action to Rama’s pleas.
Century: late 18th century - early 19th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.149
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 23.73053

Title: Gita Govinda Series: Radha and Krishna in room with two sakhis in conversation (preliminary sketch)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills
Century: early 19th century
Object Creation Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 1985/2.143
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 23.73053

Title: Krishna massaging the feet of Radha (a scene from the Gita Govinda?)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School
Physical Description: Bold colors depict Krishna, one of human manifestations of the Hindu god Vishnu, is seated with a woman, Radha, above him. He touches her leg, and the tips of her hands and feet glow red. She sits erect and holds a large flower, looking straight off the left edge of the picture. The two are framed in an architectural structure.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1730
Accession Number: 1979/1.160
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle thorax casings on paper
relevance: rank 23.22539

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