Horizontal painting of birds, fish, and snake
Maker
Unknown artist
Label TextThe Khovar style within Adivasi painting is completed during spring, which coincides with the marriage season. Using a black-and-white color scheme and depicting nature themes, Khovar-style works were traditionally used to decorate marriage chambers and in matrimonial ceremonies. The techniques have been passed down from mothers to daughters, and they are related to the comb-cut practices seen in ceramic decorations.
Object number2022.30.12
ProvenanceThe artist (Tribal Women Artists Cooperative, Hazaribagh, India); gifted and sold, via Bulu Iman (Founder, Tribal Women Artists Cooperative), to Joseph Reid (d. 2016), Winthrop, Washington, 2008; bequeathed to Batya Friedman, Seattle, Washington, 2016; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2022
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Credit LineGift of Joseph E. Reid and Batya Friedman
DimensionsPainting: 22 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (57.2 x 77.5 cm)
Frame: 33 3/4 x 41 3/4 in. (85.7 x 106 cm)
MediumKhovar black-and-white comb-cut sgraffito on paper
Unknown artist
early 21st century
Object number: 2022.30.14
Unknown artist
early 21st century
Object number: 2022.30.3
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