Tourist art
An unknown feminine-looking deity that holds a spear, a drum and an elephant goad. A white dog stands behind, probably a vahana or vehicle, indicating that this could be a representation of the god Bhairava.
Object Summary
| Museum Number | 128/1998/7 |
| Simple Name | painting on mica |
| Full Name | Hindu deity: unknown |
| Common Name | tourist art |
| Production country | India |
| Material | mica; pigment (oil-based) |
| Collection class | Archives and images |
| Collection continent | Asia |
| Collection area/region | S |
| Production town | Thanjavur |
| Production county | Tamil Nadu |
| Production continent | Asia |
| Production year low | late 19th century |
| Production year high | early 20th century |
| Function name | souvenir |
| Function detail | This painting on mica was made in Thanjavur, India in the late Nineteenth or early part of the Twentieth Century as a souvenir for visiting tourists. It is part of a collection depicting various landscape scenes and images of Hindu and Muslim religious celebrations. |