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Drawing of a Drummer with a White Turban and Beard
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At the center of the page is a seated drummer playing a pakhawaj, a type of Indian percussion instrument. The figure wears a white turban and a long robe (jama). He bears white hair and a white beard. Rajput style, Kota school.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1976 - 2008 ) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009 ) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.
Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1976.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Stuart Cary Welch Collection Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Title: Drawing of a Drummer with a White Turban and Beard
Description:
At the center of the page is a seated drummer playing a pakhawaj, a type of Indian percussion instrument.
The figure wears a white turban and a long robe (jama).
He bears white hair and a white beard.
Rajput style, Kota school.
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