Object Number | 17844 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian | Islamic |
Provenience | India |
Date Made | 19th Century - 1894 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Paper |
Iconography | Ta'ziya |
Description | Kalighat painting depicting a ta'ziya (model of the tomb of Hassan and Hussein at Karbala) for a Shiite Muslim festival called Muharram. |
Length | 40.3 cm |
Width | 27.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Charles H. Cramp, 1894 |
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