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Description: | Circular box lid made of papier-mché. The lid is painted yellow-gold, and is decorated with a representation of Krishna dancing with the milkmaids, or gopi, in the circular dance, the ‘rasalila’. Each ‘gopi’ imagines that Krishna dances with her alone. There is a roundel in the centre. The inside of the lid is coloured red.
caption: Top view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn4324ii | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | paper (fiber product) papier-mché lids (containers) pigment | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-46584 | Go to resource |
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