Figure of a bearer. Made of very light wood and painted and varnished. The figure is wearing a turban and carrying a pack on his back. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/1/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Figure of a bearer. Made of very light wood and painted and varnished. The figure is wearing a turban and carrying a pack on his back. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/1/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Rajasthan
Person: Field collector Cambridge Mission; PRM source Ruth Taylor
Date / Period: Date made: Circa by 1920-1940
Date collected: Circa 1920 - 1940
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/05/2001
Materials and processes: Material Pigment, Material Varnish, Material Wood Plant, Process Painted, Process Varnished, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 142 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2001.30.3
Research and responses: The Revd. Walter William Jarvis was Chaplain and lecturer in English 1946-62 at Stephen's College Delhi. See St Stephens College Delhi India History compiled by Arvind Vepa & Sujit Vishvanathan http://ase.tufts.edu/chemistry/kumar/ssc/html/sschis.html [Accessed 16/09/2013] [MJD 16/09/2013]

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