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Birth of GitaEg288

Rectangular calendar of a line-drawn coloured illustration depicting the birth of Gita. Scene takes place in large field; central image: ornate gold cart; pyramidal temple on roof forms canopy; four prancing white horses, pulling cart, in profile. Blue skinned male, Krishna, at reins has red u on forehead and three peacock feathers in top of gold crown; looks back at green skinned kneeling male, who is looking at him with his hands placed together in front of body. Bow and arrow filled quiver on ground in front. Horsemen on right; armed foot soldiers (?) on left, each have a red u on forehead. Background has lines of foot soldiers, horse drawn carts and riders on elephants face each other across field. Two winged human figures fly through air; sun low on horizon of grey mountains in distance. Image surrounded by thick yellow border printed with "1943" green calendar along sides; black and blue lettering top and base, "A. &F. Harvey, Merchants and Cotton Spinners, Madura Mills Co. Ltd., South India". Other pink, red and white stamps plus cone and cheese yarn spools in top corners. Metal edged top and base.

Culture
South India
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CalendarEg285

Rectangular calendar print depicting Murugan with long, dark brown wavy hair with his left arm bent and his palm facing upwards; right hand raised in front of chest with his palm outward facing and fingers pointing up; holds gold thin-shafted lance. Wears red wrap covering left shoulder. He is decorated with pearl, gold and jewel necklaces, armbands, bracelets and earrings; brown bead necklace. Three white parallel horizontal lines and a red dot on Murugan’s forehead and the lance head; lines on arms. White halo with radiating rays behind head. Blue and brown peacock on right partially hidden by boy; two blurred brown temple-like structures flank boy; one brown shape behind boy's head. Ground is yellow, green and brown graduated colouring with some brown patterning. Lighted lamps around edges. Aum symbol and star each in a circle at the lower corners, Indian script and flowers between. Below image is advertisement for "Ever Green Industries" and address in green; all on green dot background. Sewn to base, four page "1970" calendar, green and red lettering on white paper; front page has a piece ripped-off. Metal edge at top.

Culture
South India
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CalendarEg164

Rectangular shaped calendar print depicting Murugan seated on dark brown rock in lush green landscape of flowers and grass. He is positioned with his foot on right placed on rock, other on ground. Gold, long-shafted lance held upright in hand on left. He is wearing a yellow dhoti and a red wrap off shoulders. He is adorned with a pink, white and green floral garland, a gold jeweled crown and gold, pearl and bead necklaces. Three horizontal white lines and red dot on decorate his forehead. On the left is a waterfall and mountains; on right, a tree. There is a blue, yellow and green peacock standing near a snake along the bottom edge.

Culture
South India
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Viswavirat SwarupamEg355

Rectangular print, depicting a sixteen-armed deity; one arm raised with palm shown, one down by side and seven fanning out on either side of him. Red 'U' on forehead. The figure's sixteen hands each hold different object: mace; sword; arrow; cobra; trident; disc; etc. Wearing: one deity image on each forearm; floor length waist wrap covered by landscape scenes, animals, and other deities. Figure flanked by two blue skinned deities, Shiva and Krishna. Shiva has three horizontal white stripes and a red dot on forehead. Krishna has red ‘U’ on forehead. Diagonal lines of deities stand on either side. Print's lower left corner, male (Rama ?) with bow and arrow-filled quiver, stands, prays, while looking up at central male. Lower right, blue-skinned, four-armed male (Krishna) faces kneeling person. Above at print's top, hierarchic organization of five cobra heads towering behind. Central, frontal-facing one is larger than others. Light blue background at print's top half; light yellow green at lower half.

Culture
South India
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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One of Srikrishna's MiraclesCg69

Rectangular shaped print depicting a grey-blue-skinned, black-haired male, Krishna, standing on right with a kneeling female, Radha, and standing male in front of cottage. Krishna is wearing yellow dhoti and cloak, both bordered by green; white floral garland; gold crown with yellow halo shape behind; gold armbands, bracelets, and necklaces; and red vertical bar surrounded by white at centre of forehead. He stands with his left hand pointing towards red pot held by Radha. She has with long black hair and dressed in yellow sari with red border. Other male has black long hair and moustache; is wearing a white dhoti. Green and brown forest in background; ground and cottage is green yellow brown. Scene framed in yellowish border. Dark brown writing along the bottom in Hindi and English, reads: ‘One of Srikishna’s Miracles’.

Culture
South India
Made in
Germany
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CalendarEg267

Rectangular yellow calendar with a central image of Meenakshi, a green skinned female holding green parrot perched on a pink flower in her right hand. She stands on a square gold plinth within ornately decorated gold niche composed of platform and u shaped arch. Purple background within niche. Meenakshi wears: gold trimmed pleated pink sari; pearl strings around neck; bluish white floral garland draped around shoulders; tall jeweled gold crown and necklaces. Three parallel horizontal white lines and red dot on forehead. White halo shape behind head. Left arm at side. Two flying winged boys flank top of arch. Blue background behind niche which rests on tiled floor. "A. & F. Harvey Merchants and Cotton Spinners" in blue, yellow and red block letters at top; blue print calendar and "Madura Mills Co. Ltd." in red block letters at base; pictorial illustrations of yarn on both sides of female image; three stamps: red, dark pink and light pink, arranged below. Top and base are metal edged.

Culture
South India
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CalendarEg266

Rectangular shaped calendar with a central image of Shiva, a four armed male, dancing on back of small black haired male with moustache, lying on stomach. Dancing male has raised left leg; arms in various positions. Shiva is surrounded in a gold arch-like ring; enclosed background is dark blue. Back of platform has gold canopy supported by four gold columns on green plinths; area covered in dark brown. In the foreground at right, small bald headed male standing on circular plinth. Central, white bull lying upon rectangular plinth. First tier on left, standing bearded male, lower half serpent tail; on right standing bearded male, lower half tiger's hind- quarters; both praying to Shiva. Also on right, green skinned, Shakti in a pink sari, stands on plinth, holds lotus in right hand. Image set in cream coloured poster; "1944" calendar is composed of green squares down two sides; yarn spool illustrations in each upper corner. Company labels at image's base. Blue block lettering "A.F. Harvey" at top; "Madura Mills Co. Ltd., South India" at base. Top and base are metal edged.

Culture
South India
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CalendarEg236

Rectangular calendar print depicting Vishnu, a four-armed male, with two dark haired females each in red saris. All are seated on the back of flying bird with cobra in talons. Bird's outstretched wings are orange-brown. All three of the figures are adorned with jewelled gold crowns, earrings, bracelets and anklets. Vishnu has a striped floral garland around neck. He holds an object in each of his four hands: gold ringed white conch shell, gold disk on index finger, pink lotus and gold mace. His bottom arms are also grasping the females around their waists. Females each carry gold handled, white flying whisk in outstretched outside arm. Light orange, yellow and blue ground. Printed at top "merchants and cotton spinners"; artist's signature at base.

Culture
South India
Made in
Kerala, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CalendarEg235

Rectangular shaped calendar print depicting a three-headed six-armed male, Dattatreya, wearing a light orange dhoti, sandals, brown beaded necklaces with a red bag tied over shoulder on left. He is standing on grassy bank of lake amid an ox and four dogs – two white and two brown. Hair in top knots on all heads. The central figure has red 'U' form on forehead; oval shaped form on the others. Held in each of the six hands is an object: gold mace, long brown shafted trident, brown ring, white conch, pink lotus and a gold pot with long spout. Forested landscape, predominantly green with some brown. Advertisement at print's top "Madura Mills Co. Ltd., Merchants and Cotton Spinners". Edges unevenly cut. Story printed on reverse.

Culture
South India
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintEg169

Main print: four-armed, elephant-headed figure (Ganesh) with large paunch sits on grey plinth-like stone platform with a tall, arched, red-cushioned, gold backrest; inset on the lower front is a crouched rat. Male's leg on right folded into body; foot on left flat on floor, leg bent. Wears yellow dhoti, gold crown, jewelry, and gold snake at waist. Food and flower offerings on plate in front of him. Holds four objects, one in each hand: portion of one of his two white tusks, two gold sceptre-like objects, and white shell(?). Purple background. Male seated under ornately sculpted gold arch supported by two gold columns, moon on one side, sun on other, both with facial features. Print glued onto rectangular, brown sheet of paper. Two smaller prints are glued to the back. The larger of the two shows a standing four-armed woman wearing a white and gold sari and gold necklace. She holds lotus flowers in upper hand on right, and gold teapot in lower hand on left. Behind and to the left of her stands a four-armed blue-skinned man with red 'u' on his forehead, and wearing a gold headdress, pink shawl, and white garland around his neck. His upper hand on left holds a disc, hand on right holds conch shell; lower hand on left in upturned position, lower hand on right behind woman, not visible. Background is blue, with five large cobras in yellow-white halo, spread in fan shape over the man and woman. The signature on bottom left is 'Mulgaoker Art Studio.' The smaller print on the back is of a dark-haired female in a red and gold sari with a veil under one arm standing in front of a male dressed in white cloth pants; two streaming wraps, red one over shoulder, white one from waist; and wearing red and gold crown. With right hand he holds a large round container above female's head. Hand on left holds other end of female's veil. Female raises hand on left to support container over her head. Background is swirled green landscape. Indian script stamped, upper right. All colours subdued.

Culture
South India
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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