Summary
Alternative Names: Poonah Figure, Poona Figure
This clay figure of a Hindu Packman's Indentured Labourer was part of a series of 82 Indian clay figures purchased from Stubb and Co for £9.10 in 1867 by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). The group of figures, which came from Pune (Poonah), represented various castes, occupations and religious sects in India.
Physical Description
Figure of a man on a wooden base. The base is painted red turned wood. A paper label is glued to the upper side of the base. The figure is plaster/composition modeled over wooden dowels, it is painted with a medium brown skin tone and dressed in fabric. His garments consist of a red cloth turban, a shirt of red and white cotton and white trousers and a sash. He has two large cloth bundles slung across his shoulders and is holding a piece of folded paper in his right hand.
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Acquisition Information
Donation (Probable) from Exhibition: 1880 International, Melbourne, 1880
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Place & Date Made
Pune, Maharashtra, India, circa 1867
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Inscriptions
Printed in black ink on paper label: 8
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Classification
Museum history, Affiliated institutions, Exhibition heritage
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
5.5 cm (Width), 13 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Artistic Practices, Artists, Crafts, Dolls, Handcrafts, Indigenous Cultures, Modelmaking, Museum History, Religions: Hinduism, Sculpture
