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November 09 2006

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November 09 20062006-11-09A painted artwork on a light bamboo-textured panel shows a woman in traditional Kerala dress holding a dark pole and a large pale umbrella-shaped parasol overhead. She wears a white blouse with blue sleeves and a gold-trimmed white skirt, jasmine flowers in her hair, gold earrings, a red bindi, red lipstick and layered gold necklaces with a red bead, plus gold bangles on her wrist. Faint printed caption text appears at the lower right corner of the panel.2006-11-10November 10 20062006-11-10A painted depiction of a female classical dancer in a red costume on a bamboo mat background. She raises one arm with fingers in a mudra, her other hand extended palm-up with red-tipped fingers. She wears a white jasmine garland and gold ornaments, including bangles, a necklace, earrings and a nose ring, with a red bindi on her forehead. The painting is on woven bamboo. No physical people are present.2006-11-09A painted portrait of a young woman with dark hair swept into a high bun decorated with white jasmine flowers and red blossoms. She wears a small red bindi, a gold nose stud, gold earrings, and layered gold necklaces with green stones. Her pale peach garment drapes over her shoulder against a deep reddish-brown wooden background. The painting appears in an archive album of palace art drawings.2006-11-10A framed painting of a seated woman in a dark setting, wearing a red and gold-bordered sari over a white skirt with a cream blouse. She wears layered pearl and gold necklaces, a nose ring, earrings, bangles, armlets and anklets, and her hand rests at her shoulder beside a small pink flower. A teal chair stands behind her. This is a painted portrait, not a live person, and no a person candidate is shown.2006-11-10An oil painting in a gilded frame shows a seated woman playing a veena, a South Indian stringed instrument with a round resonator and long fretted neck. She wears a cream sari with gold-striped borders, dark hair in a bun decorated with white and red flowers, a nose ring, layered gold and bead necklaces, and bangles. A red-brown wooden wall forms the backdrop and a patterned red carpet lies beneath her. A signature is visible at lower left. No physical people are present beyond the painted figure.2006-11-10A young woman performs a classical Indian dance on a stage in front of a draped backdrop of lavender fabric with a repeating floral print and deep red curtains. She wears a white and gold blouse with a gold-trimmed sash, a blue skirt, a dark braid with a flower-decorated hair arrangement, drop earrings and a beaded necklace, turning and smiling over her shoulder. An orange and red ceremonial banner with a white bird emblem stands at the left edge of the frame.2016-12-23October 21 20122012-10-21A framed oil painting of a woman seated and playing a long stringed instrument, a veena, resting against her shoulder. She wears a white draped garment with gold-patterned border, multiple strands of dark beaded and gold necklaces, bangles, a nose ring and earrings, with flowers in her upswept dark hair. The background is a deep red-brown curtain. Her pose is calm and direct, gazing toward the viewer. The painting is displayed in a wooden frame beside a metal rail. No physical people are visible apart from the painted figure.2006-11-10A painted portrait on canvas shows a woman with dark hair swept into a high bun decorated with white flowers and a pink rose, wearing a red bindi, a nose stud, drop earrings, a gold and jewelled choker, and a white garment with a golden-edged shawl. She holds a young child with short dark hair and a red bindi, who wears a dark beaded necklace. The warm red-brown background frames the figures. A purple bird logo sits at upper left and a copyright notice at lower right.2006-11-09A female dancer in a cream and gold silk sari with gold border performs on stage in front of deep red curtains. She wears gold jhumka earrings, a layered gold choker necklace, a long rudraksha mala, a gold waist belt and gold bangles, and her hair is in a low bun with a red bindi. Her raised right hand is in a classical mudra. Behind her stands a gilded wooden pillar, and at right a ceremonial orange-fringed banner bears a blue dove emblem.2016-12-23