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Trying to Quell a Mad Elephant
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A mahout (elephant driver) has lost control over his enraged elephant. Attendants run towards the large animal, equipped with charkhis, firework attachments that were used to control and manipulate elephants. Rajput Style, Bundi School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bienstock
Title: Trying to Quell a Mad Elephant
Description:
A mahout (elephant driver) has lost control over his enraged elephant.
Attendants run towards the large animal, equipped with charkhis, firework attachments that were used to control and manipulate elephants.
Rajput Style, Bundi School.
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