CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Banana Tree. This is a collapsible banana tree that can be fit in a box and used for gifting and decoration. Odisha’s most recognized craft is stone carving. Odisha’s maharanas (stone carvers) sculpt in stones with simple tools by first outlining the figure on a stone block. The outline is incised to mark the shape of the motif and then the figure is carved. Stone carved sculptures are made for iconic sculptures from Odisha’s temples and idols of Hindu deities. This object has been procured by Utkalika, Odisha State Co-operative Handicraft Corporation Ltd.

Subject: Banana Tree. This is a collapsible banana tree that can be fit in a box and used for gifting and decoration. Odisha’s most recognized craft is stone carving. Odisha’s maharanas (stone carvers) sculpt in stones with simple tools by first outlining the figure on a stone block. The outline is incised to mark the shape of the motif and then the figure is carved. Stone carved sculptures are made for iconic sculptures from Odisha’s temples and idols of Hindu deities. This object has been procured by Utkalika, Odisha State Co-operative Handicraft Corporation Ltd.

Subject: Banana Tree. This is a collapsible banana tree that can be fit in a box and used for gifting and decoration. Odisha’s most recognized craft is stone carving. Odisha’s maharanas (stone carvers) sculpt in stones with simple tools by first outlining the figure on a stone block. The outline is incised to mark the shape of the motif and then the figure is carved. Stone carved sculptures are made for iconic sculptures from Odisha’s temples and idols of Hindu deities. This object has been procured by Utkalika, Odisha State Co-operative Handicraft Corporation Ltd.

Subject: Atta Chaki (Rice Mill). This is a stone rice mill. Odisha’s most recognized craft is stone carving. Odisha’s maharanas (stone carvers) sculpt in stones with simple tools by first outlining the figure on a stone block. The outline is incised to mark the shape of the motif and then the figure is carved. Stone carved sculptures are made for iconic sculptures from Odisha’s temples and idols of Hindu deities.

Subject: Ravana Mukha Mask. This is a Ravana mask made of papier-mâché. Ravana is described in the Hindu epic Ramayana as the great king of Lanka. He famously fought and ultimately lost a series of epic battles against the hero Rama, seventh avatar of Vishnu. Papier-mâché is a French word for chewed paper. The craft is said to have been introduced during the Mughal reign. The surface of papier-mâché produces an ideal ground for painting, which is probably the reason the craft became popular in Odisha with its traditional pattachitra painters. This art in Odisha uses a fusion of paper, cloth rags and straw. It is pulped by hand after softening with water. Additives like multani mitti are added to the pulp as an adhesive and for providing a textured finish. Masks of many shapes, forms and sizes are a part of Odisha’s culture. This object has been procured by State Institute for Development of Arts & Crafts (SIDAC) Show House.

Subject: Dowry Box. Pedis, or dowry boxes are created by chitrakaras and are used to store items of dowries. These are wooden boxes often made of gambhari wood which are covered with cloth canvas and painted over. The boxes may be decorated with scenes from the life of Krishna or they may be decorated with images of musicians and dancers, animals, plants, or other designs. This scene shows the demoness in the Hindu epic Ramayana with Rama and Lakshmana and their teacher, Maharishi Vishwamitra. Taraka was slain for harassing and attacking rishis performing yajnas in the forest.

Subject: Dowry Box. Pedis, or dowry boxes are created by chitrakaras and are used to store items of dowries. These are wooden boxes often made of gambhari wood which are covered with cloth canvas and painted over. The boxes may be decorated with scenes from the life of Krishna or they may be decorated with images of musicians and dancers, animals, plants, or other designs. This scene shows Rama, Lakshmana and Sita from the Hindu epic Ramayana.

Subject: Dowry Box. Pedis, or dowry boxes are created by chitrakaras and are used to store items of dowries. These are wooden boxes often made of gambhari wood which are covered with cloth canvas and painted over. The boxes may be decorated with scenes from the life of Krishna or they may be decorated with images of musicians and dancers, animals, plants, or other designs. This side shows the scene when Rama and Lakshmana chanced upon a dying Jatayu during the search for Sita. Jatayu was a demi-god in the form of vulture in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

Subject: Dowry Box. Pedis, or dowry boxes are created by chitrakaras and are used to store items of dowries. These are wooden boxes often made of gambhari wood which are covered with cloth canvas and painted over. The boxes may be decorated with scenes from the life of Krishna or they may be decorated with images of musicians and dancers, animals, plants, or other designs. This scene shows Luv and Kush with the sacred white horse from Ashvamedha Yajna held by Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

Subject: Dowry Box. Pedis, or dowry boxes are created by chitrakaras and are used to store items of dowries. These are wooden boxes often made of gambhari wood which are covered with cloth canvas and painted over. The boxes may be decorated with scenes from the life of Krishna or they may be decorated with images of musicians and dancers, animals, plants, or other designs. This scene shows Rama and Lakshmana with Maricha, the golden deer who aided Ravana in kidnapping Sita in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

Subject: Palmleaf engraving process - First frame. Talapatrachitra is done on dried palm leaves and stitched up together to look like a canvas. The stitching is done so that the carvings depict an entire picture and there are no gaps or lines to say that they are joined together. The art relates to fables and stories from the Hindu mythology and tells tales photographically about an incident or episode of a God or Goddess, their different stages, to make the people understand the flow of the deity’s life. The images are traced by using black ink with a special iron tip nib / lekhani, and are carved to give the effect of black color filled images. This object has been procured by Utkalika, Odisha State Co-operative Handicraft Corporation Ltd.

Subject: Palmleaf engraving process - Second frame. Talapatrachitra is done on dried palm leaves and stitched up together to look like a canvas. The stitching is done so that the carvings depict an entire picture and there are no gaps or lines to say that they are joined together. The art relates to fables and stories from the Hindu mythology and tells tales photographically about an incident or episode of a God or Goddess, their different stages, to make the people understand the flow of the deity’s life. The images are traced by using black ink with a special iron tip nib / lekhani, and are carved to give the effect of black color filled images.

Subject: Palmleaf engraving process - Third frame. Talapatrachitra is done on dried palm leaves and stitched up together to look like a canvas. The stitching is done so that the carvings depict an entire picture and there are no gaps or lines to say that they are joined together. The art relates to fables and stories from the Hindu mythology and tells tales photographically about an incident or episode of a God or Goddess, their different stages, to make the people understand the flow of the deity’s life. The images are traced by using black ink with a special iron tip nib / lekhani, and are carved to give the effect of black color filled images.

Subject: Palmleaf engraving process - Fourth frame. Talapatrachitra is done on dried palm leaves and stitched up together to look like a canvas. The stitching is done so that the carvings depict an entire picture and there are no gaps or lines to say that they are joined together. The art relates to fables and stories from the Hindu mythology and tells tales photographically about an incident or episode of a God or Goddess, their different stages, to make the people understand the flow of the deity’s life. The images are traced by using black ink with a special iron tip nib / lekhani, and are carved to give the effect of black color filled images.

Subject: Standing Snake. Snakes, nagas, have a high status in Hindu mythology. Naga Panchami is a day of traditional worship of Nagas or snakes when paintings and sculptures of snakes such as this are worshipped. This object was procured from State Institute for Development of Arts & Crafts (SIDAC) Show House.

Subject: Gini/ Karatala. Gini is a pair of clash cymbals that make high-pitched percussion sounds. In Hindu religious contexts it is known as karatalas (hand beats) and accompany devotional music or prayers.

Subject: Gini/ Karatala. Gini is a pair of clash cymbals that make high-pitched percussion sounds. In Hindu religious contexts it is known as karatalas (hand beats) and accompany devotional music or prayers.

Subject: Gini/ Karatala. Gini is a pair of clash cymbals that make high-pitched percussion sounds. In Hindu religious contexts it is known as karatalas (hand beats) and accompany devotional music or prayers.

Subject: Gini/ Karatala. Gini is a pair of clash cymbals that make high-pitched percussion sounds. In Hindu religious contexts it is known as karatalas (hand beats) and accompany devotional music or prayers.

Subject: Gini/ Karatala. Gini is a pair of clash cymbals that make high-pitched percussion sounds. In Hindu religious contexts it is known as karatalas (hand beats) and accompany devotional music or prayers.

Subject: Gini/ Karatala. Gini is a pair of clash cymbals that make high-pitched percussion sounds. In Hindu religious contexts it is known as karatalas (hand beats) and accompany devotional music or prayers.

Subject: Pitala Kaudi. A set of three of kausi. Kaudi or cowrie shell is of significance in Hinduism as it is used in the worship of Goddess Mahalaxmi and Lord Vishnu. As per Hindu mythology, Kaudi was obtained during the churning of the ocean along with Lakshmi and other holy objects.

Subject: Pitala Kaudi. A set of three of kausi. Kaudi or cowrie shell is of significance in Hinduism as it is used in the worship of Goddess Mahalaxmi and Lord Vishnu. As per Hindu mythology, Kaudi was obtained during the churning of the ocean along with Lakshmi and other holy objects.

Subject: Pitala Kaudi. A set of three of kausi. Kaudi or cowrie shell is of significance in Hinduism as it is used in the worship of Goddess Mahalaxmi and Lord Vishnu. As per Hindu mythology, Kaudi was obtained during the churning of the ocean along with Lakshmi and other holy objects.