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The son of a Baloch ruler of Kech, Balochistan, Punnu fell in love with Sassi, the adopted daughter of a washerman from Bhambore village in Sindh. Punnu proposed to marry Sassi and after some trials was permitted to marry Sassi. Sadly, Punnu's family was opposed to the marriage but when direct communicaton didn't work to dissuade Punnu, family members resorted to relatively devious methods. At the wedding celebrations Punnu's brothers plied him with alcohol until finally they were able to carry the intoxicated Punnu away to Kech on a camel.\r\n\r\nAn inscription in Gurmukhi along the lower edge ascribes the print to the printing press of Bhai Gujjar Singh in Amritsar.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Woodblock printed with ink on paper","categories":[{"text":"Printmaking techniques","id":"THES252987"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2013GL4470"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES403792"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Woodcut","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Amritsar","id":"x31116"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"late 19th century","earliest":"1850-01-01","latest":"1899-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"38.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"27.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"ਹਸਬ ਫਰਮਾਇਸ ਭਾਈ ਗੁਜਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੌਦਾਗ੍ਰ ਕਤਬਾ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਤਸ੍ਰ ਜੀ","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"(printed) in accordance with the wishes of Bhai Gujjar Singh, bookseller, Amritsar Ji","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Inscribed in Gurmukhi along lower edge of the print"}],"objectHistory":"Part of an album, containing 196 prints, paintings and pen and pencil drawings together with 37 loose pages of paintings, calligraphic drawings, and outline pen drawings. 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