Watercolour portrait of Dharpona from the Mizo Hills. [El.B 06/03/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Watercolour portrait of Dharpona from the Mizo Hills. [El.B 06/03/2008]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Mizoram Mizo [Lushai] Hills
Cultural groups: Mizo
Person: Maker Robert Gosset Woodthorpe; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: 09/01/1872
Date collected: By 1957
Acquisition information: Donated: 1957
Materials and processes: Material Watercolour Paint, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 258 mm, Width: max 206 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1957.10.4
Research and responses: The state of Mizoram was formerly the Lushai Hills District of Assam; the Lushai Hills are now known as the Mizo Hills. As it is unclear exactly what the geographic provenance is here, both Assam and Mizoram have been suggested. [CW 14/9/2000]
The Woodthorpe drawings donated by JH and JPH Hutton were originally given to JH Hutton in 1924 by RG Woodthorpe's brother, J. Dalton Woodthorpe, who lived in Cheltenham. See Annual Report for 1954-55, p.8 [CM 23/05/2011]

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