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Page from the Ragamalas

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Page from the Ragamalas, Ragamalas are albums of illustrated poems. The paintings portray a human or divine figure and are inscribed by the name of the raga (male) or ragini (female) they represent. Ragini Asavari pinning for absent husband plays her pipe. The music charms the mountain snakes and an ascetic consols her. The music was also used by snake charmers. India. Hindu. end of 17th c Hyderabad, Deccan.

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Werner Forman Archive/ Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai.

Date

31 juil. 2008

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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UMG12A23_058

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Non

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Droits gérés

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23,0Mo (2,5Mo) / 28,3cm x 20,4cm / 3344 x 2406 (300dpi)

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