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Title: Jaquar XKE, Jantar Mantar, Jai Singh Observatory, Jaipur, India, from "The Ryoichi Excavations"
Artist: Patrick Nagatani
Physical Description: Car under excavation under stairs. There is a wheelbarrow and other excavation equipment.
Artist Life Dates: born 1945
Object Creation Date: 1988; printed 2001
Accession Number: 2012/2.137
Medium and Support: toned gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 10.74393
Primary Keywords: india (nation); stairs; wheelbarrow

Title: Tara
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
Physical Description: Black schist carved in the relief of Green Tara, a guide and saviouress on the Buddhist path to enlightenment. She holds two lotuses, one open and one closed and makes the gesture of gift-giving with her palm facing outwards, towards the devotee.
Century: 10th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.156
Medium and Support: black schist
relevance: rank 10.51277
Primary Keywords: goddesses; gods; india (nation); star; stone

Title: Lord Jaganatha with his brother Balarama and sister Subhadra
Artist: India, Orissa
Physical Description: This image has three large figures sitting in a row. The two slightly larger figures (one with a white face; left and the other with a black face; right) flank a smaller yellow faced figure. Painted in a distinct blue-background strip beneath these large figures are several smaller figures. Next to three of these figures are trays holding food.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1969
Accession Number: 2002/2.192
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on cotton
relevance: rank 10.51277
Primary Keywords: deity; hinduism; iconography; india (nation); paintings

Title: Lakshmi lustrated by elephants (Gaja Lakshmi (Goddess))
Artist: India, Rajasthan, Bundi School
Physical Description: The white elephants, which draw the eye into the image, face toward the center leading the viewer to Lakshmi who is the central figure in the frame. The image is bordered by a red colored frame. And below the figures, in the background is a dark banded representing a pond.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 2001/2.133
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 10.51277
Primary Keywords: bundi; elephants; goddesses; india (nation); lotus

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Title: Head of a Man Wearing a Turban
Artist: George Chinnery
Physical Description: This sketch depicts a man in profile, facing toward his right. He wears a turban and an elaborate collar.
Artist Life Dates: (1774 - 1852)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1802-1825
Accession Number: 2009/1.525
Medium and Support: pen, ink and pencil on wove paper
relevance: rank 10.29135
Primary Keywords: drawing (image-making); india (nation); profiles (figures); turbans

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 10.18410
Primary Keywords: cloth; embroidery; india (nation); motifs; pattern (design element); peacocks

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Title: Phulkari Shawl with Stylized Bagh Tara (four-part flower) Designs in 45 Squares on central field
Artist: India, Eastern Punjab
Physical Description: Embroidery on a plain cotton fabric (khaddar). Red-orange khaddar with neon orange, green, white and red accents which make up the bagh tara (four-part flower) design.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1st half of 20th century
Accession Number: 2005/2.11
Medium and Support: homespun cotton cloth with silk embroidery
relevance: rank 9.46377
Primary Keywords: costume; head-gear; india (nation); textiles; wedding costume

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