Ragamala

Artist/Designer: Designer Unknown

Project Location: Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

Figure 1: Unknown. Madhu Madhavi Ragini, from a Ragamala Series, 1640-1660. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge. ( Source )

Figure 2: Unknown. Malasri Ragini from the Chunar Ragamala Series (or Gaund Ragini), 1591. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. 8 7/8 x 5 13/16 in. Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge. ( Source )

Figure 3: Geoff Butts. “The Raga Guide.” Last modified June 9, 2008 ( Source )

Figure 4

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Related Website(s):

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/ragamala

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/madhu-madhavi-ragini-149297

http://sites.asiasociety.org/education/AsianArt/slideshow7.htm

Significant Date(s):
17th Century

Additional Information:
Rajas were sometimes painted as murals.

Stuart Cary Welch and Milo Cleveland Beach, Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks Northern Indian Painting from Two Traditions, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1965), page 58/figure 5

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