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Two play sarangis, one\r\nhas finger cymbals, one beats a mridanga\r\ndrum, and one plucks a tambura drone\r\ninstrument. The painting is one of a volume\r\nof thirty folios mainly depicting castes and\r\noccupations.","date":{"text":"01/08/2017","earliest":"2017-08-01","latest":"2017-08-01"}},{"text":"<b>A NAUTCH PARTY</b>\r\nWatercolour on paper\r\nThanjavur (Tanjore)\r\nc. 1830\r\n\r\nIS.39:24-1987\r\n\r\nThe word ‘nautch’ derives from Hindi <i>nach</i>, meaning a dance or any kind of staged entertainment. Here three women, two of them dancing and one keeping time by hand-clapping, are followed by five men, two playing <i>sarangis</i>, one with finger cymbals, one with a <i>mridanga</i>, and one with a <i>tambura</i>. At the rear are two women, the older one wearing a Kashmir shawl and a red, yellow and green mashru skirt.\n\r\n\n\n","date":{"text":"11/09/1997","earliest":"1997-09-11","latest":"1997-09-11"}}],"partNumbers":["IS.39:24-1987"],"accessionNumberNum":"39","accessionNumberPrefix":"IS","accessionYear":1987,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-12-05","recordCreationDate":"2000-01-25","availableToBook":true}}